#BDB3AB#BDB3AB

#BDB3AB is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.016 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3AB
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 171)
HSL	hsl(27, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(27, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 2.15, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 5.77, 68.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0077 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.016 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4563, 45.9998, 45.0571)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3AB #ABB5BD

analogous

#BDABAC #BDB3AB #BDBCAB

triadic

#BDB3AB #ABBDB3 #B3ABBD

tetradic

#BDB3AB #ACBDAB #ABB5BD #BCABBD

square

#BDB3AB #ACBDAB #ABB5BD #BCABBD

split-complementary

#BDB3AB #ABBDBC #ABACBD

monochromatic

#857569 #A29489 #BDB3AB #D8D2CD #F2EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB3AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#BDB3AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3AB

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3AB	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.016 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9c4',
    500: '#bdb3ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ab;
$custom-light: #d1c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77277,
    "c": 0.01606,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3AB

secondary

#DFE2E4

accent

#77964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3AB

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

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