#BDB5AA#BDB5AA

#BDB5AA is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.018 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5AA
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 170)
HSL	hsl(35, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(35, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, 0.91, 6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 6.67, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0043 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.018 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7651, 46.7693, 44.6916)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5AA #AAB2BD

analogous

#BDABAA #BDB5AA #BBBDAA

triadic

#BDB5AA #AABDB5 #B5AABD

tetradic

#BDB5AA #AABDAB #AAB2BD #BDAABB

square

#BDB5AA #AABDAB #AAB2BD #BDAABB

split-complementary

#BDB5AA #AABBBD #ABAABD

monochromatic

#857967 #A29788 #BDB5AA #D8D3CC #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BDB5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#BDB5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5AA

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5AA	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.018 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbc3',
    500: '#bdb5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5aa;
$custom-light: #d1cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77659,
    "c": 0.01787,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5AA

secondary

#DFE1E4

accent

#6D974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5AA

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

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