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#BABE71

Matcha · light warm yellow

About #BABE71

With the hex code #BABE71, this is a light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 75% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Matcha — a ΔE of 11.2 — followed by Moss. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #7571BE, a royal purple shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.69:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red186
Green190
Blue113

Closest named colours

Matcha
#A9B97F · ΔE 11.2
Moss
#8A9A5B · ΔE 16.2
Pistachio
#93C572 · ΔE 18.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BABE71

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on matcha #BABE71.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on matcha #BABE71.
10.69:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BABE71 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BABE71
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C9B86B
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C9BA75
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C3B6AB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BABE71?

With the hex code #BABE71, this is a light yellow with a moderately saturated character. Its RGB recipe is 73% red, 75% green and 44% blue, while a printer would mix 2% cyan, 0% magenta, 41% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BABE71?

Use black text. Black on #BABE71 has a contrast ratio of 10.69:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BABE71?

Its complementary colour is #7571BE, and analogous partners are #BE9C71 and #93BE71.