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#BFBEA2 — Light Dusty Yellow

#BFBEA2 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 #BFBEA2 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.

#BFBEA2 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 #A2A3BE; it also sits naturally between #BEAFA2 and #B1BEA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFBEA2 · RGB 191, 190, 162

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Color values

HEX#BFBEA2
RGB191, 190, 162
HSL58°, 18%, 69%
HSV58°, 15%, 75%
CMYK0%, 1%, 15%, 25%
XYZ46.42, 50.51, 41.49
Yxy50.51, 0.3354, 0.3649
CIE-Lab76.38, -4.44, 14.29
Hunter Lab71.07, -4.05, 11.71

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 75% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 15% · Key 25%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BFBEA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFBEA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFBEA2

.text { color: #BFBEA2; }
.background { background-color: #BFBEA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFBEA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 190, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(58, 18%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFBEA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 190, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFBEA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 190, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFBEA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFBEA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFBEA2

#B2B190#A3A27B#969569#81805A#6F6E4D#5A593F#484732#333324#212117#0C0C08

Tints of #BFBEA2

#C4C4AB#C9C8B1#CFCEBA#D5D5C3#DBDBCC#E0DFD2#E6E6DB#ECECE4#F0F0EA#F7F7F3

Tones of #BFBEA2

#BCBBA4#BABAA6#B8B7A8#B6B6AA#B4B4AC#B2B2AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2A3BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.89:1 Fails
Against black text11.10:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFBEA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFBEA2

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 #BFBEA2: ·

How #BFBEA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BFBFA9Deuteranopia · #BFBFAATritanopia · #BFAEAF

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 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFBEA2 rather than the exact color:

Palette A59d84
#A59D84 · #C1BAA1 · #D7D3BF · #ECEBDE
Palette Ffc6ac
#FFC6AC · #FFF6DC · #C4C1A4 · #9E9FA5
Palette D7e4c0
#D7E4C0 · #C6DCBA · #BBC3A4 · #B3A398
Palette Fef7dc
#FEF7DC · #E6DDC6 · #C2B8A3 · #A19882
Palette 98d8ef
#98D8EF · #EAE2C6 · #BFBBA9 · #ADA991
Palette E5dcc3
#E5DCC3 · #C7BEA2 · #AAA492 · #9A9483

Similar colors

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

#C1BAA1#C4C1A4#BBC3A4#C2B8A3#BFBBA9#C7BEA2#B8BD9E#C7BCA1#BEC6A0#B9C4A1#BDC8A4#B7B89F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFBEA1  ·  #BFBEA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFBEA2?

#BFBEA2 is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 191, 190, 162). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFBEA2?

#BFBEA2 is RGB 191, 190, 162 — HSL 58°, 18%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 15%, 25%.

What colors go with #BFBEA2?

Its complement is #A2A3BE; analogous partners are #BEAFA2 and #B1BEA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFBEA2 for text?

Black text on #BFBEA2 has a contrast ratio of 11.10:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.89:1.