#bcbf89

Color #bcbf89

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 12.61 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbf89

RGB

rgb(188, 191, 137)

HSL

hsl(63.3, 29.7%, 64.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.3, 28.3%, 74.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 28.3%, 25.1%)

LAB

lab(75.92, -9.76, 26.98)

LCH

lch(75.92, 28.69, 109.89)

OKLCH

oklch(78.9%, 0.0722, 110.59)

HWB

hwb(63.3, 53.7%, 25.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8c89bf

Analogous

#bfa789

#bcbf89

#a1bf89

Triadic

#bcbf89

#89bcbf

#bf89bc

Split-complementary

#bcbf89

#89a1bf

#a789bf

Tetradic

#bcbf89

#89bf8c

#8c89bf

#bf89bc

Square

#bcbf89

#89bfa7

#8c89bf

#bf89a1

Shades

Color #bcbf89 mixed toward black.

#a8ac65

#8a8e4d

#686a3a

#454726

#232313

Tints

Color #bcbf89 mixed toward white.

#c7ca9d

#d2d4b0

#dedfc4

#e9ead8

#f4f4eb

Tones

Color #bcbf89 mixed toward gray.

#b8ba8d

#b4b692

#b0b196

#acad9b

#a8a89f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.92:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bdbd98 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#bdbd9c · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#bca3a6 · ΔE 28.2

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 18

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbf89;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbf89]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bcbf89 (#bcbf89) is rgb(188, 191, 137) in RGB.

No, #bcbf89 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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