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#BEBFAD — Light Dusty Yellow

#BEBFAD 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 #BEBFAD 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.

#BEBFAD 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 #ADACBE; it also sits naturally between #BEB6AC and #B4BEAC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEBFAD · RGB 190, 191, 173

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Color values

HEX#BEBFAD
RGB190, 191, 173
HSL63°, 12%, 71%
HSV63°, 9%, 75%
CMYK1%, 0%, 9%, 25%
XYZ47.41, 51.23, 46.92
Yxy51.23, 0.3257, 0.3519
CIE-Lab76.82, -3.54, 8.96
Hunter Lab71.57, -3.24, 7.62

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · 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

Sample text in #BEBFAD on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEBFAD on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEBFAD

.text { color: #BEBFAD; }
.background { background-color: #BEBFAD; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEBFAD; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 191, 173); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 12%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEBFAD; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 191, 173, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEBFAD; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 191, 173, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #BEBFAD

#ADAE98#9FA187#909173#7C7E63#6B6D55#585946#444536#303126#1F1F19#0B0B09

Tints of #BEBFAD

#C4C5B5#C8C9BA#CFD0C3#D4D4C9#DBDBD1#DFE0D7#E6E6E0#EBEBE5#F1F2EE#F6F6F4

Tones of #BEBFAD

#BCBCAE#BBBCAE#BABAB0#B8B9B1#B7B7B3#B6B7B4

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADACBE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.87:1 Fails
Against black text11.25:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEBFAD: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEBFAD

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BEBFAD: ·

How #BEBFAD looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBEB1Deuteranopia · #BEBEB2Tritanopia · #BEB5B6

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ABootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 98d8ef
#98D8EF · #EAE2C6 · #BFBBA9 · #ADA991
Tender Ruby Drift
#BBC5A9 · #37844C · #599EAC · #6159B8
Palette D97d55
#D97D55 · #F4E9D7 · #B8C4A9 · #6FA4AF
Palette D7e4c0
#D7E4C0 · #C6DCBA · #BBC3A4 · #B3A398
Palette 698474
#698474 · #889E81 · #BAC7A7 · #E5E4CC
Palette Ffc6ac
#FFC6AC · #FFF6DC · #C4C1A4 · #9E9FA5

Similar colors

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

#BFBBA9#BBC5A9#B8C4A9#BBC3A4#BAC7A7#C4C1A4#B6C7AA#BDC8A4#C2B8A3#BFCBA8#B6C4B6#C1BAA1

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEBFAC  ·  #BEBFAE →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEBFAD?

#BEBFAD is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 190, 191, 173). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEBFAD?

#BEBFAD is RGB 190, 191, 173 — HSL 63°, 12%, 71% — CMYK 1%, 0%, 9%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEBFAD?

Its complement is #ADACBE; analogous partners are #BEB6AC and #B4BEAC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEBFAD for text?

Black text on #BEBFAD has a contrast ratio of 11.25:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.87:1.