Palettes / Colors / #BCBCA3

#BCBCA3 — Light Dusty Yellow

#BCBCA3 is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the yellow family.

#BCBCA3 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A3A3BD; it also sits naturally between #BDB0A3 and #B0BDA3. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 74% · Green 74% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 13% · Key 26%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #BCBCA3

.text { color: #BCBCA3; }
.background { background-color: #BCBCA3; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCBCA3; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 188, 163); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 16%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCBCA3; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 188, 163, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCBCA3; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 188, 163, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BCBCA3">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BCBCA3">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BCBCA3

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A3A3BD:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCBCA3: #000000.

How #BCBCA3 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BCBCA3 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BCBCA2  ·  #BCBCA4 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCBCA3?

#BCBCA3 is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 188, 163). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCBCA3?

#BCBCA3 is RGB 188, 188, 163 — HSL 60°, 16%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 13%, 26%.

What colors go with #BCBCA3?

Its complement is #A3A3BD; analogous partners are #BDB0A3 and #B0BDA3. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCBCA3 for text?

Black text on #BCBCA3 has a contrast ratio of 10.86:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.93:1.