#BDB3AC#BDB3AC

#BDB3AC is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.015 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3AC
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 172)
HSL	hsl(25, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(25, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, 2.32, 4.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 5.37, 64.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% 0.0081 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.015 57.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5520, 46.0381, 45.5610)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3AC #ACB6BD

analogous

#BDACAD #BDB3AC #BDBBAC

triadic

#BDB3AC #ACBDB3 #B3ACBD

tetradic

#BDB3AC #ADBDAC #ACB6BD #BBACBD

square

#BDB3AC #ADBDAC #ACB6BD #BBACBD

split-complementary

#BDB3AC #ACBDBB #ACADBD

monochromatic

#85756A #A2948A #BDB3AC #D8D2CE #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#BDB3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#BDB3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3AC

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3AC	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.015 57.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c9c4',
    500: '#bdb3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3ac;
$custom-light: #d1c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77305,
    "c": 0.01512,
    "h": 57.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3AC

secondary

#E0E3E5

accent

#799550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3AC

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

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