#BDB3AF#BDB3AF

#BDB3AF is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.013 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB3AF
RGB	rgb(189, 179, 175)
HSL	hsl(17, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(17, 7%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 7.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, 2.84, 3.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 4.36, 49.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% 0.0093 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.013 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.8433, 46.1546, 47.0955)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB3AF #AFB9BD

analogous

#BDAFB2 #BDB3AF #BDBAAF

triadic

#BDB3AF #AFBDB3 #B3AFBD

tetradic

#BDB3AF #B2BDAF #AFB9BD #BAAFBD

square

#BDB3AF #B2BDAF #AFB9BD #BAAFBD

split-complementary

#BDB3AF #AFBDBA #AFB2BD

monochromatic

#84746D #A1938D #BDB3AF #D9D3D1 #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BDB3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BDB3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB3AF

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB3AF	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 179, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.013 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c9c6',
    500: '#bdb3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb3af;
$custom-light: #d0c9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77389,
    "c": 0.01279,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB3AF

secondary

#E2E5E6

accent

#819452

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB3AF

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

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