#BDB2A5#BDB2A5

#BDB2A5 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.022 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2A5
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(33, 15%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(33, 13%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 12.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, 1.68, 8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 8.22, 78.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% 0.0068 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.022 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6976, 45.3769, 42.0467)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2A5 #A5B0BD

analogous

#BDA6A5 #BDB2A5 #BCBDA5

triadic

#BDB2A5 #A5BDB2 #B2A5BD

tetradic

#BDB2A5 #A5BDA6 #A5B0BD #BDA5BC

square

#BDB2A5 #A5BDA6 #A5B0BD #BDA5BC

split-complementary

#BDB2A5 #A5BCBD #A6A5BD

monochromatic

#867562 #A39482 #BDB2A5 #D7D0C8 #F1EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BDB2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BDB2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2A5

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2A5	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B5A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2AFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.022 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9bf',
    500: '#bdb2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2a5;
$custom-light: #d1c9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.5,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7691,
    "c": 0.02211,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2A5

secondary

#DBDFE2

accent

#709A4C

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2A5

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

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