Light yellow

#bcbfa4

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light yellow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light yellow, a muted yellow at 67 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Light yellow color values

Every conversion for #bcbfa4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcbfa4

RGB188, 191, 164

HSL67, 17%, 70%

HSV67, 14%, 75%

CMYK2%, 0%, 14%, 25%

Lab76.46, -5.75, 13.28

XYZ46.07, 50.63, 42.47

Decimal12369828

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5793 C

Shades of light yellow

#aeb291 #a0a47e #92976b #80845d #6d7150 #5b5e42 #494b35 #363827 #24251a #11120d

Tints of light yellow

#c2c5ac #c8cab4 #ced0bc #d4d6c4 #dadbcc #e0e1d4 #e5e7dc #ebece4 #f1f2ec #f7f8f5

Colors that go with light yellow

Complementary#a7a4bf Analogous#bfb4a4 Analogous#afbfa4 Triadic#a4bcbf Triadic#bfa4bc Split complementary#a4afbf Split complementary#b4a4bf

Light yellow in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 14, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcbfa4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 14 25

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 17 31

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light yellow in css

Copy #bcbfa4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcbfa4; }
.text { color: #bcbfa4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcbfa4; }

How light yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bcbfa4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcbfa4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bcbfa4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bcbfa4 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light yellow, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bcbfa4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.