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#BCBBA2

Light Sage · light warm yellow

About #BCBBA2

With the hex code #BCBBA2, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 73% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Light Sage — a ΔE of 6.3 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #A2A3BC, 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 10.77:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red188
Green187
Blue162

Closest named colours

Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 6.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 8.3
Khaki
#C3B091 · ΔE 8.6

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

Text on #BCBBA2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCBBA2.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on light sage #BCBBA2.
10.77:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BCBBA2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BCBBA2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#C0B9A1
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BAA3
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C0B8B4

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BCBBA2?

With the hex code #BCBBA2, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 74% red, 73% green and 64% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 14% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BCBBA2?

Use black text. Black on #BCBBA2 has a contrast ratio of 10.77:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BCBBA2?

Its complementary colour is #A2A3BC, and analogous partners are #BCAEA2 and #B0BCA2.