All About Color #BCB8A9

#BCB8A9

About #BCB8A9

#BCB8A9 is a light yellow color with the hex code #BCB8A9. In RGB it is red 188, green 184, blue 169; in HSL it is hue 47°, saturation 12%, lightness 70%; in CMYK it is 0%, 2%, 10%, 26%. Its contrast ratio is 1.99:1 on white and 10.57:1 on black.

#BCB8A9 Color Conversion

Hex tripletBC, B8, A9
CMYK0.00%, 2.13%, 10.11%, 26.27%
RGB Decimal188, 184, 169
HSL47°, 12%, 70%
RGB Octal274, 270, 251
HSV (HSB)47.37°, 10.11%, 73.73%
RGB Binary10111100, 10111000, 10101001
CIE-L*AB74.72, -1.23, 8.11
RGB Percent73.73%, 72.16%, 66.27%
CIE-L*CH74.72, 8.20, 98.60
XYZ45.04, 47.84, 44.40
CIE-L*UV74.72, 3.20, 11.95
xyY0.33, 0.35, 47.84
Hunter-Lab69.16, -4.80, 10.36
RYB68.26%, 73.73%, 66.27%

Color Accessibility Scores

#BCB8A9 on a dark background: contrast 10.57:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#BCB8A9 on a light background: contrast 1.99:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #BCB8A9, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#BCB8A9 · #E4E2DD · #938D76 · #A9ADBC · #DDDEE4

Analogous palette

#BCA9AD · #BCAFA9 · #BCB8A9 · #B6BCA9 · #ADBCA9

Triadic palette

#BCB8A9 · #A9BCB8 · #B8A9BC · #E4E2DD · #DDE4E2

Tetradic palette

#BCB8A9 · #A9BCAF · #A9ADBC · #BCA9B6 · #938D76

Monochromatic palette

#726D5A · #9A947E · #BCB8A9 · #DDDBD4 · #F4F3F1

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