#BDB5AE#BDB5AE

#BDB5AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.013 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB5AE
RGB	rgb(189, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(28, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(28, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 1.59, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 4.84, 70.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0059 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.013 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.1492, 46.9230, 46.7148)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB5AE #AEB6BD

analogous

#BDAEAE #BDB5AE #BDBCAE

triadic

#BDB5AE #AEBDB5 #B5AEBD

tetradic

#BDB5AE #AEBDAE #AEB6BD #BCAEBD

square

#BDB5AE #AEBDAE #AEB6BD #BCAEBD

split-complementary

#BDB5AE #AEBDBC #AEAEBD

monochromatic

#85776C #A2968C #BDB5AE #D8D4D0 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BDB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BDB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB5AE

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB5AE	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.013 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc6',
    500: '#bdb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb5ae;
$custom-light: #d0cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77769,
    "c": 0.01342,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB5AE

secondary

#E1E4E5

accent

#759451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB5AE

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

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