#bcbba5

Color #bcbba5

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light yellow.

Closest named color Silver #c0c0c0 · ΔE 12.03 Nearest Tailwind class olive-400 #abab9c · ΔE 5.1

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Conversions

HEX

#bcbba5

RGB

rgb(188, 187, 165)

HSL

hsl(57.4, 14.6%, 69.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(57.4, 12.2%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 12.2%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(75.42, -3.49, 11.28)

LCH

lch(75.42, 11.81, 107.19)

OKLCH

oklch(78.7%, 0.0303, 104.91)

HWB

hwb(57.4, 64.7%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5a6bc

Analogous

#bcafa5

#bcbba5

#b1bca5

Triadic

#bcbba5

#a5bcbb

#bba5bc

Split-complementary

#bcbba5

#a5b1bc

#afa5bc

Tetradic

#bcbba5

#a6bca5

#a5a6bc

#bba5bc

Square

#bcbba5

#a5bcaf

#a5a6bc

#bca5b1

Shades

Color #bcbba5 mixed toward black.

#a3a183

#878564

#65644b

#434332

#222119

Tints

Color #bcbba5 mixed toward white.

#c7c6b4

#d2d2c3

#ddddd2

#e9e8e1

#f4f4f0

Tones

Color #bcbba5 mixed toward gray.

#bab9a7

#b8b7a9

#b6b6ab

#b4b4ad

#b2b2af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.79:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.79:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bcbcab · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#bcbcac · ΔE 2.3

Tritanopia

#bcafb0 · ΔE 14.5

Achromatopsia

#bababa · ΔE 9.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bcbba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bcbba5]

Related colors

Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Frequently asked questions

#bcbba5 (#bcbba5) is rgb(188, 187, 165) in RGB.

No, #bcbba5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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