#BDAAA3#BDAAA3

#BDAAA3 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.024 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAAA3
RGB	rgb(189, 170, 163)
HSL	hsl(16, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 5.67, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 8.33, 47.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.0182 0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.024 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9715, 42.2135, 40.5803)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAAA3 #A3B6BD

analogous

#BDA3A9 #BDAAA3 #BDB7A3

triadic

#BDAAA3 #A3BDAA #AAA3BD

tetradic

#BDAAA3 #A9BDA3 #A3B6BD #B7A3BD

square

#BDAAA3 #A9BDA3 #A3B6BD #B7A3BD

split-complementary

#BDAAA3 #A3BDB7 #A3A9BD

monochromatic

#866A60 #A3897F #BDAAA3 #D7CBC7 #F0ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BDAAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BDAAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAAA3

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAAA3	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEACA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaaa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 170, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.024 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c3be',
    500: '#bdaaa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaaa3;
$custom-light: #d1c3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaaa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75231,
    "c": 0.0243,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAAA3

secondary

#DAE0E2

accent

#859B4B

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F9F7F6

border

#D2D0D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAAA3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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