Palettes / Colors / #BCBEAD

#BCBEAD — Light Dusty Yellow

#BCBEAD is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BCBEAD when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BCBEAD 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 #AEACBE; it also sits naturally between #BEB7AC and #B3BEAC. 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 75% · Blue 68%

Cyan 1% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 9% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BCBEAD

.text { color: #BCBEAD; }
.background { background-color: #BCBEAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BCBEAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(188, 190, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(67, 12%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BCBEAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(188, 190, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BCBEAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(188, 190, 173, 0.8); }

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

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #AEACBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BCBEAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BCBEAD

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #BCBEAD 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 #BCBEAD 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

← #BCBEAC  ·  #BCBEAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BCBEAD?

#BCBEAD is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 188, 190, 173). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BCBEAD?

#BCBEAD is RGB 188, 190, 173 — HSL 67°, 12%, 71% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 9%, 25%.

What colors go with #BCBEAD?

Its complement is #AEACBE; analogous partners are #BEB7AC and #B3BEAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BCBEAD for text?

Black text on #BCBEAD has a contrast ratio of 11.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.