Information about #BABBA4 color

#BABBA4 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BABBA4 is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 187, 164) — 72.9% red, 73.3% green, 64.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 0 / 9 / 27. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A softly toned sunny yellow, #BABBA4 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Aspiring (#BBBBA1). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bone White (#B8B7A6) and Ash (#BEBAA7).

The recipe behind #BABBA4 is rgb(186, 187, 164), with green as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #BABBA4 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.7:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.0:1. No one has named #BABBA4 so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#BABBA4 color variations

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

#BABBA4 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

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

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

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

Tetradic

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

Tetradic color scheme

Square

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

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #BABBA4

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

Aspiring color link
Aspiring

#BBBBA1

Bone White color link
Bone White

#B8B7A6

Ash color link
Ash

#BEBAA7

Mist Grey color link
Mist Grey

#BAB9A9

Corkscrew color link
Corkscrew

#BDB6A5

Beryl Green color link
Beryl Green

#BCBFA8

Half Cougar color link
Half Cougar

#BCB5A6

Kidnapper color link
Kidnapper

#BFC0AB

Pebble Grey color link
Pebble Grey

#B4B3A4

Truffle color link
Truffle

#BEB9AD

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BABBA4
  • RGB186, 187, 164
  • CMYK0, 0, 9, 27
  • CSSrgb(186, 187, 164)
  • HSL63°, 14%, 69%
  • HSL Precise62.609°, 14.465%, 68.824%
  • HSV63°, 12%, 73%
  • HSB63°, 12%, 73%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.733
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.643
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.733, 0.643)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.733, 0.643, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.733, 0.643)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB64.3%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBABBA4
  • DECIMAL ID12237732
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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