#BDB2A2#BDB2A2

#BDB2A2 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.026 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2A2
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 162)
HSL	hsl(36, 17%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(36, 14%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 14.3%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 1.19, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 9.66, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% 0.0056 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.026 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4278, 45.2689, 40.6254)
Luminance	0.4527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2A2 #A2ADBD

analogous

#BDA5A2 #BDB2A2 #BBBDA2

triadic

#BDB2A2 #A2BDB2 #B2A2BD

tetradic

#BDB2A2 #A2BDA5 #A2ADBD #BDA2BB

square

#BDB2A2 #A2BDA5 #A2ADBD #BDA2BB

split-complementary

#BDB2A2 #A2BBBD #A5A2BD

monochromatic

#86765F #A4947E #BDB2A2 #D6D0C6 #F0EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BDB2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BDB2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2A2

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2A2	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B2A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.026 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9bd',
    500: '#bdb2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2a2;
$custom-light: #d1c9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 16.981,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76831,
    "c": 0.0256,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2A2

secondary

#D9DDE1

accent

#6B9B4A

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F6

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2A2

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

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