#BDB2AD#BDB2AD

#BDB2AD is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.014 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB2AD
RGB	rgb(189, 178, 173)
HSL	hsl(19, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(19, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, 3.03, 3.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 4.98, 52.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% 0.01 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.014 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.4487, 45.6773, 46.0021)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB2AD #ADB8BD

analogous

#BDADB0 #BDB2AD #BDBAAD

triadic

#BDB2AD #ADBDB2 #B2ADBD

tetradic

#BDB2AD #B0BDAD #ADB8BD #BAADBD

square

#BDB2AD #B0BDAD #ADB8BD #BAADBD

split-complementary

#BDB2AD #ADBDBA #ADB0BD

monochromatic

#85736B #A2928B #BDB2AD #D8D2CF #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BDB2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BDB2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB2AD

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB2AD	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B5AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 178, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.014 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9c5',
    500: '#bdb2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb2ad;
$custom-light: #d0c9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 10.811,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77129,
    "c": 0.01448,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB2AD

secondary

#E1E4E5

accent

#809551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB2AD

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

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