Palettes / Colors / #BAABA7

#BAABA7 — Light Dusty Brown

#BAABA7 is a brown color we call Light Dusty Brown, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #BAABA7 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BAABA7 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A6B5B9; it also sits naturally between #B9A6AC and #B9B4A6. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 73% · Green 67% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 10% · Key 27%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BAABA7

.text { color: #BAABA7; }
.background { background-color: #BAABA7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BAABA7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(186, 171, 167); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(13, 12%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BAABA7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(186, 171, 167, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BAABA7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(186, 171, 167, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BAABA7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BAABA7">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A6B5B9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BAABA7: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BAABA7

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BAABA7 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BAABA7 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BAABA6  ·  #BAABA8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BAABA7?

#BAABA7 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 186, 171, 167). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BAABA7?

#BAABA7 is RGB 186, 171, 167 — HSL 13°, 12%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 10%, 27%.

What colors go with #BAABA7?

Its complement is #A6B5B9; analogous partners are #B9A6AC and #B9B4A6. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BAABA7 for text?

Black text on #BAABA7 has a contrast ratio of 9.47:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.22:1.