#babb8b

Color #babb8b

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Tan #d2b48c · ΔE 13.2 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 10.8

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Conversions

HEX

#babb8b

RGB

rgb(186, 187, 139)

HSL

hsl(61.2, 26.1%, 63.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(61.2, 25.7%, 73.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 25.7%, 26.7%)

LAB

lab(74.73, -8.18, 24.28)

LCH

lch(74.73, 25.62, 108.62)

OKLCH

oklch(77.9%, 0.0646, 108.77)

HWB

hwb(61.2, 54.5%, 26.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c8bbb

Analogous

#bba48b

#babb8b

#a2bb8b

Triadic

#babb8b

#8bbabb

#bb8bba

Split-complementary

#babb8b

#8ba2bb

#a48bbb

Tetradic

#babb8b

#8bbb8c

#8c8bbb

#bb8bba

Square

#babb8b

#8bbba4

#8c8bbb

#bb8ba2

Shades

Color #babb8b mixed toward black.

#a6a769

#888950

#66673c

#444428

#222214

Tints

Color #babb8b mixed toward white.

#c6c69e

#d1d2b2

#ddddc5

#e8e8d8

#f4f4ec

Tones

Color #babb8b mixed toward gray.

#b6b78f

#b2b393

#aeaf97

#abab9b

#a7a79f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.99:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.57:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.57:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#baba98 · ΔE 3.8

Deuteranopia

#baba9b · ΔE 4.7

Tritanopia

#baa2a4 · ΔE 26.1

Achromatopsia

#b8b8b8 · ΔE 16.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #babb8b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#babb8b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#babb8b (#babb8b) is rgb(186, 187, 139) in RGB.

No, #babb8b 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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