#BDABA3#BDABA3

#BDABA3 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.024 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA3
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 163)
HSL	hsl(18, 16%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 13.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.28, 5.13, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.28, 8.26, 51.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% 0.0167 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.024 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1596, 42.5898, 40.6430)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA3 #A3B5BD

analogous

#BDA3A8 #BDABA3 #BDB8A3

triadic

#BDABA3 #A3BDAB #ABA3BD

tetradic

#BDABA3 #A8BDA3 #A3B5BD #B8A3BD

square

#BDABA3 #A8BDA3 #A3B5BD #B8A3BD

split-complementary

#BDABA3 #A3BDB8 #A3A8BD

monochromatic

#866C60 #A38A7F #BDABA3 #D7CCC7 #F0ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BDABA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#BDABA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA3

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA3	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B0A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.024 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4be',
    500: '#bdaba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba3;
$custom-light: #d1c4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 16.456,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75433,
    "c": 0.02384,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA3

secondary

#DADFE2

accent

#829B4B

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA3

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

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