Recognised as Colour
#BCBAAA
- #BCBAAA
- Yellow
- Dark
- Nearest: Silver
#BCBAAA is a yellow with RGB values 188, 186, 170 and HSL 53°, 12%, 70%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 10.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Silver.
Colour values
#BCBAAA#BCBAAA
HEX#BCBAAA
RGBrgb(188, 186, 170)
RGB (0–1)0.7373, 0.7294, 0.6667
RGB percentages73.7%, 72.9%, 66.7%
HSLhsl(53.3, 11.8%, 70.2%)
HSV / HSBhsv(53.3, 9.6%, 73.7%)
CMYK0%, 1.1%, 9.6%, 26.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer12,368,554
CSS custom property--colour: #BCBAAA;
Brightness & contrast
Relative luminance0.48711WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness184.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 10.74:1
Contrast with white1.95:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black10.74:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#B9B9B9
Inverted#434555
Colour vision & accessibility
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.95:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text10.74:1WCAG large text: AAA
Named colours
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword
Colour harmonies
Complementary#AAACBC
Analogous#BCB1AA, #B5BCAA
Triadic#AABCBA, #BAAABC
Split complementary#AAB5BC, #B1AABC
Tetradic#AABCB1, #AAACBC, #BCAAB5
Tints, shades & saturation
Channel breakdown
R188
G186
B170
Red188 (73.7%)
Green186 (72.9%)
Blue170 (66.7%)
Hue53.33°
Saturation (HSL)11.84%
Lightness70.2%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR BC · G BA · B AA
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