#BDABA5#BDABA5

#BDABA5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.023 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDABA5
RGB	rgb(189, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(15, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(15, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 5.46, 5.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 7.71, 44.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% 0.0175 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.023 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3403, 42.6621, 41.5942)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDABA5 #A5B7BD

analogous

#BDA5AB #BDABA5 #BDB7A5

triadic

#BDABA5 #A5BDAB #ABA5BD

tetradic

#BDABA5 #ABBDA5 #A5B7BD #B7A5BD

square

#BDABA5 #ABBDA5 #A5B7BD #B7A5BD

split-complementary

#BDABA5 #A5BDB7 #A5ABBD

monochromatic

#866B62 #A38A82 #BDABA5 #D7CCC8 #F1EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BDABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#BDABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDABA5

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDABA5	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B0A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.023 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c4bf',
    500: '#bdaba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaba5;
$custom-light: #d1c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75488,
    "c": 0.02264,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDABA5

secondary

#DBE1E2

accent

#869A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDABA5

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

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