#BDB4AE#BDB4AE

#BDB4AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.013 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB4AE
RGB	rgb(189, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(24, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(24, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, 2.13, 4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 4.70, 63.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0074 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.013 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9466, 46.5178, 46.6472)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB4AE #AEB7BD

analogous

#BDAEAF #BDB4AE #BDBBAE

triadic

#BDB4AE #AEBDB4 #B4AEBD

tetradic

#BDB4AE #AFBDAE #AEB7BD #BBAEBD

square

#BDB4AE #AFBDAE #AEB7BD #BBAEBD

split-complementary

#BDB4AE #AEBDBB #AEAFBD

monochromatic

#85766C #A2958C #BDB4AE #D8D3D0 #F1EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BDB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#BDB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB4AE

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB4AE	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.013 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cac6',
    500: '#bdb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb4ae;
$custom-light: #d0cac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77565,
    "c": 0.01332,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB4AE

secondary

#E1E4E5

accent

#799451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB4AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →