#bec1aa

Color #bec1aa

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 12.35 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 6.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bec1aa

RGB

rgb(190, 193, 170)

HSL

hsl(67.8, 15.6%, 71.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.8, 11.9%, 75.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 24.3%)

LAB

lab(77.27, -5.09, 11.24)

LCH

lch(77.27, 12.34, 114.36)

OKLCH

oklch(80.2%, 0.0318, 113.17)

HWB

hwb(67.8, 66.7%, 24.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#adaac1

Analogous

#c1b9aa

#bec1aa

#b3c1aa

Triadic

#bec1aa

#aabec1

#c1aabe

Split-complementary

#bec1aa

#aab3c1

#b9aac1

Tetradic

#bec1aa

#aac1ad

#adaac1

#c1aabe

Square

#bec1aa

#aac1b9

#adaac1

#c1aab3

Shades

Color #bec1aa mixed toward black.

#a3a787

#878c66

#65694d

#444633

#22231a

Tints

Color #bec1aa mixed toward white.

#c9cbb8

#d4d6c6

#dfe0d5

#e9eae3

#f4f5f1

Tones

Color #bec1aa mixed toward gray.

#bdbfac

#bbbdae

#babbb0

#b8b9b2

#b7b7b4

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.84:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.4:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.4:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbfb0 · ΔE 3.5

Deuteranopia

#bfbfb1 · ΔE 3.9

Tritanopia

#beb4b5 · ΔE 14.9

Achromatopsia

#bfbfbf · ΔE 10.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bec1aa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bec1aa]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#bec1aa (#bec1aa) is rgb(190, 193, 170) in RGB.

No, #bec1aa 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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