#BDAEA8#BDAEA8

#BDAEA8 is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.019 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDAEA8
RGB	rgb(189, 174, 168)
HSL	hsl(17, 14%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 11%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 4.34, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 6.63, 49.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0141 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.019 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.1896, 43.9188, 43.2402)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDAEA8 #A8B7BD

analogous

#BDA8AD #BDAEA8 #BDB8A8

triadic

#BDAEA8 #A8BDAE #AEA8BD

tetradic

#BDAEA8 #ADBDA8 #A8B7BD #B8A8BD

square

#BDAEA8 #ADBDA8 #A8B7BD #B8A8BD

split-complementary

#BDAEA8 #A8BDB8 #A8ADBD

monochromatic

#856E65 #A38E85 #BDAEA8 #D7CECB #F2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BDAEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#BDAEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDAEA8

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDAEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDAEA8	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2ACAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdaea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 174, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.019 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c6c1',
    500: '#bdaea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdaea8;
$custom-light: #d1c6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdaea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76177,
    "c": 0.01935,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDAEA8

secondary

#DDE2E3

accent

#83984E

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDAEA8

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

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