Information about #BABCAD color

#BABCAD color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #BABCAD is classified in the Register under the Yellow Color Family, with Low Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(186, 188, 173) — 72.9% red, 73.7% green, 67.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 1 / 0 / 6 / 26. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A calm, restrained yellow, #BABCAD floats near the light end of the scale. 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 Quarter Lemon Grass (#BABEAF). Nearby in the Register you will also find Grey Nickel (#BDBAAE) and Mist Grey (#BAB9A9).

In RGB terms — rgb(186, 188, 173) — the green channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #BABCAD background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.9:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.9:1. #BABCAD has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#BABCAD color variations

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

#BABCAD color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#BABCAD color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#BABCAD color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#BABCAD 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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#BABCAD 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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#BCAEBA
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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 #BABCAD

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

Quarter Lemon Grass color link
Quarter Lemon Grass

#BABEAF

Grey Nickel color link
Grey Nickel

#BDBAAE

Mist Grey color link
Mist Grey

#BAB9A9

Truffle color link
Truffle

#BEB9AD

Cotton Seed color link
Cotton Seed

#BFBAAF

Half Foggy Grey color link
Half Foggy Grey

#B8B7AF

Beryl Green color link
Beryl Green

#BCBFA8

Eighth Stonehenge color link
Eighth Stonehenge

#BDB9B2

Kidnapper color link
Kidnapper

#BFC0AB

Tide color link
Tide

#BFB8B0

Eighth Tapa color link
Eighth Tapa

#B7B8B2

Tasman color link
Tasman

#BAC0B3

#BABCAD color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#BABCAD
  • RGB186, 188, 173
  • CMYK1, 0, 6, 26
  • CSSrgb(186, 188, 173)
  • HSL68°, 10%, 71%
  • HSL Precise68°, 10.067%, 70.784%
  • HSV68°, 8%, 74%
  • HSB68°, 8%, 74%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.729
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.737
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • GLSLvec3(0.729, 0.737, 0.678)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.729, 0.737, 0.678, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.729, 0.737, 0.678)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB72.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB73.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDBABCAD
  • DECIMAL ID12237997
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • This page visited1 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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