#bcbcb5

Color #bcbcb5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 4.1 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbcb5

RGB

rgb(188, 188, 181)

HSL

hsl(60, 5%, 72.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 3.7%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(76.07, -1.27, 3.54)

LCH

lch(76.07, 3.76, 109.74)

OKLCH

oklch(79.3%, 0.0097, 106.76)

HWB

hwb(60, 71%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b5b5bc

Analogous

#bcb9b5

#bcbcb5

#b9bcb5

Triadic

#bcbcb5

#b5bcbc

#bcb5bc

Split-complementary

#bcbcb5

#b5b9bc

#b9b5bc

Tetradic

#bcbcb5

#b5bcb5

#b5b5bc

#bcb5bc

Square

#bcbcb5

#b5bcb9

#b5b5bc

#bcb5b9

Shades

Color #bcbcb5 mixed toward black.

#9f9f95

#818175

#616158

#41413a

#20201d

Tints

Color #bcbcb5 mixed toward white.

#c7c7c1

#d2d2ce

#dededa

#e9e9e6

#f4f4f3

Tones

Color #bcbcb5 mixed toward gray.

#bcbcb6

#bbbbb6

#babab7

#b9b9b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

11:1

Black text reads better on this background (11:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcb7 · ΔE 1

Deuteranopia

#bcbcb7 · ΔE 1

Tritanopia

#bcb8b8 · ΔE 4.9

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 3.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbcb5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbcb5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcbcb5 (#bcbcb5) is rgb(188, 188, 181) in RGB.

No, #bcbcb5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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