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#BCBAA6

Greige · light warm yellow

About #BCBAA6

With the hex code #BCBAA6, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 73% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 12% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 6.0 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A6A8BC, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green186
Blue166

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.0
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.9
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 9.6

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #BCBAA6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #BCBAA6.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #BCBAA6.
10.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCBAA6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCBAA6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BEB8A5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBAA7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0B7B4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCBAA6?

With the hex code #BCBAA6, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 73% green and 65% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 12% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCBAA6?

Use black text. Black on #BCBAA6 has a contrast ratio of 10.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCBAA6?

Its complementary colour is #A6A8BC, and analogous partners are #BCAFA6 and #B3BCA6.