#bcbea9

Color #bcbea9

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 11.36 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbea9

RGB

rgb(188, 190, 169)

HSL

hsl(65.7, 13.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.7, 11.1%, 74.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.5%)

LAB

lab(76.3, -4.41, 10.38)

LCH

lch(76.3, 11.28, 113.02)

OKLCH

oklch(79.4%, 0.029, 111.43)

HWB

hwb(65.7, 66.3%, 25.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba9be

Analogous

#beb6a9

#bcbea9

#b2bea9

Triadic

#bcbea9

#a9bcbe

#bea9bc

Split-complementary

#bcbea9

#a9b2be

#b6a9be

Tetradic

#bcbea9

#a9beab

#aba9be

#bea9bc

Square

#bcbea9

#a9beb6

#aba9be

#bea9b2

Shades

Color #bcbea9 mixed toward black.

#a1a487

#858867

#64664d

#434434

#21221a

Tints

Color #bcbea9 mixed toward white.

#c7c9b7

#d2d4c6

#dedfd4

#e9e9e2

#f4f4f1

Tones

Color #bcbea9 mixed toward gray.

#bbbcab

#b9bbad

#b8b9ae

#b6b7b0

#b5b5b2

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.9:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.08:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.08:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbdae · ΔE 2.6

Deuteranopia

#bdbdb0 · ΔE 3.4

Tritanopia

#bcb2b3 · ΔE 14

Achromatopsia

#bcbcbc · ΔE 9.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbea9]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcbea9 (#bcbea9) is rgb(188, 190, 169) in RGB.

No, #bcbea9 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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