#BDABA1#BDABA1

#BDABA1 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.025 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA1
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 161)
HSL	hsl(21, 18%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 15%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 14.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 4.80, 7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 8.91, 57.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% 0.0159 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.025 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9819, 42.5187, 39.7067)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA1 #A1B3BD

analogous

#BDA1A5 #BDABA1 #BDB9A1

triadic

#BDABA1 #A1BDAB #ABA1BD

tetradic

#BDABA1 #A5BDA1 #A1B3BD #B9A1BD

square

#BDABA1 #A5BDA1 #A1B3BD #B9A1BD

split-complementary

#BDABA1 #A1BDB9 #A1A5BD

monochromatic

#866C5E #A48B7D #BDABA1 #D6CBC5 #EFEBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDABA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BDABA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA1

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA1	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0ACA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.025 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4bc',
    500: '#bdaba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba1;
$custom-light: #d1c4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 17.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75379,
    "c": 0.02529,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA1

secondary

#D9DEE1

accent

#7E9C4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA1

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

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