Information about #BAA85E color

#BAA85E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#BAA85E falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 168, 94) — 72.9% red, 65.9% green, 36.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 7 / 36 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #BAA85E reads as a pleasantly vivid yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Gimblet (#B9AD61). Slightly further away sit Mind on a Million Gold (#BE9D5E) and Laser (#C6A95E).

Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(186, 168, 94)), which gives #BAA85E its character. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #BAA85E: 8.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.4:1 for white. No one has named #BAA85E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BAA85E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#BAA85E color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BAA85E color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BAA85E color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BAA85E color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#BAA85E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #BAA85E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Gimblet color link
Gimblet

#B9AD61

Mind on a Million Gold color link
Mind on a Million Gold

#BE9D5E

Laser color link
Laser

#C6A95E

Olive Green color link
Olive Green

#B5B35C

Fleetwood color link
Fleetwood

#B99E56

Safari color link
Safari

#C0A469

Travis color link
Travis

#B79E67

Metallic Brass color link
Metallic Brass

#C49E5B

Dark Pastel Gold color link
Dark Pastel Gold

#BBA151

Double Putty color link
Double Putty

#C09B59

Oxstone color link
Oxstone

#C39D64

Pale Oak color link
Pale Oak

#BBA46D

#BAA85E color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BAA85E
  • RGB186, 168, 94
  • CMYK0, 7, 36, 27
  • CSSrgb(186, 168, 94)
  • HSL48°, 40%, 55%
  • HSL Precise48.261°, 40%, 54.902%
  • HSV48°, 49%, 73%
  • HSB48°, 49%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.659, 0.369)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.659, 0.369, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.659, 0.369)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.9%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDBAA85E
  • DECIMAL ID12232798
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers20 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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