#BDB3AA#BDB3AA

#BDB3AA is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.017 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3AA
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 170)
HSL	hsl(28, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(28, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, 1.98, 5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 6.19, 71.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.0073 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.017 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.3613, 45.9618, 44.5570)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3AA #AAB4BD

analogous

#BDAAAA #BDB3AA #BDBCAA

triadic

#BDB3AA #AABDB3 #B3AABD

tetradic

#BDB3AA #AABDAA #AAB4BD #BCAABD

square

#BDB3AA #AABDAA #AAB4BD #BCAABD

split-complementary

#BDB3AA #AABDBC #AAAABD

monochromatic

#857667 #A29488 #BDB3AA #D8D2CC #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#BDB3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3AA

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3AA	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.017 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9c3',
    500: '#bdb3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3aa;
$custom-light: #d1c9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.421,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7725,
    "c": 0.01706,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3AA

secondary

#DFE2E4

accent

#75974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3AA

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

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