Palettes / Colors / #BEBEA7

#BEBEA7 — Light Dusty Yellow

#BEBEA7 is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the yellow family.

#BEBEA7 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 #A7A7BE; it also sits naturally between #BEB3A7 and #B3BEA7. 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 75% · Green 75% · Blue 65%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 12% · Key 25%

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

Previews

CSS code for #BEBEA7

.text { color: #BEBEA7; }
.background { background-color: #BEBEA7; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEBEA7; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 190, 167); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(60, 15%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEBEA7; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 190, 167, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEBEA7; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 190, 167, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEBEA7">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEBEA7">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEBEA7

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #A7A7BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #BEBEA7: #000000.

How #BEBEA7 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 #BEBEA7 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

← #BEBEA6  ·  #BEBEA8 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEBEA7?

#BEBEA7 is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 190, 167). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEBEA7?

#BEBEA7 is RGB 190, 190, 167 — HSL 60°, 15%, 70% — CMYK 0%, 0%, 12%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEBEA7?

Its complement is #A7A7BE; analogous partners are #BEB3A7 and #B3BEA7. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEBEA7 for text?

Black text on #BEBEA7 has a contrast ratio of 11.11:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.