#baaa5b

Color #baaa5b

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 6.47 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 14.5

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Conversions

HEX

#baaa5b

RGB

rgb(186, 170, 91)

HSL

hsl(49.9, 40.8%, 54.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(49.9, 51.1%, 72.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 8.6%, 51.1%, 27.1%)

LAB

lab(69.43, -4.76, 42.46)

LCH

lch(69.43, 42.73, 96.4)

OKLCH

oklch(73.5%, 0.1018, 98.13)

HWB

hwb(49.9, 35.7%, 27.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5b6bba

Analogous

#ba7a5b

#baaa5b

#9aba5b

Triadic

#baaa5b

#5bbaaa

#aa5bba

Split-complementary

#baaa5b

#5b9aba

#7a5bba

Tetradic

#baaa5b

#6bba5b

#5b6bba

#aa5bba

Square

#baaa5b

#5bba7a

#5b6bba

#ba5b9a

Shades

Color #baaa5b mixed toward black.

#a29344

#827537

#615829

#413b1b

#201d0e

Tints

Color #baaa5b mixed toward white.

#c6b876

#d1c692

#ddd5ad

#e8e3c8

#f4f1e4

Tones

Color #baaa5b mixed toward gray.

#b2a563

#aa9f6b

#a29a73

#9a957b

#929083

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.34:1

Aa Black text on this color

8.99:1

Black text reads better on this background (8.99:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b3b375 · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#b4b57a · ΔE 7

Tritanopia

#b98588 · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#aaaaaa · ΔE 21.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #baaa5b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#baaa5b]

Related colors

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Frequently asked questions

#baaa5b (#baaa5b) is rgb(186, 170, 91) in RGB.

No, #baaa5b is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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