#BDADA5#BDADA5

#BDADA5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.022 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDADA5
RGB	rgb(189, 173, 165)
HSL	hsl(20, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 4.38, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 7.58, 54.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0144 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.022 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.7209, 43.4233, 41.7211)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDADA5 #A5B5BD

analogous

#BDA5A9 #BDADA5 #BDB9A5

triadic

#BDADA5 #A5BDAD #ADA5BD

tetradic

#BDADA5 #A9BDA5 #A5B5BD #B9A5BD

square

#BDADA5 #A9BDA5 #A5B5BD #B9A5BD

split-complementary

#BDADA5 #A5BDB9 #A5A9BD

monochromatic

#866E62 #A38D82 #BDADA5 #D7CDC8 #F1EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#BDADA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#BDADA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDADA5

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDADA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDADA5	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdada5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 173, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.022 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c5bf',
    500: '#bdada5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdada5;
$custom-light: #d1c5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdada5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75892,
    "c": 0.02175,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDADA5

secondary

#DBE0E2

accent

#809A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141212

muted

#828181

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDADA5

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

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