ColorXprez

#BFBCAD

Greige · light warm yellow

About #BFBCAD

With the hex code #BFBCAD, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 9% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Greige — a ΔE of 5.1 — followed by Light Sage. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ADB0BF, a dusty blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 11.01:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red191
Green188
Blue173

Closest named colours

Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 5.1
Light Sage
#BCC8B0 · ΔE 8.0
Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.3

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

Text on #BFBCAD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on greige #BFBCAD.
1.91:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on greige #BFBCAD.
11.01:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#BFBCAD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBBAC
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BCAD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#C2BAB8

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BFBCAD?

With the hex code #BFBCAD, this is a light yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 68% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 9% yellow and 25% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #BFBCAD?

Use black text. Black on #BFBCAD has a contrast ratio of 11.01:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BFBCAD?

Its complementary colour is #ADB0BF, and analogous partners are #BFB3AD and #B9BFAD.