#BDB6AA#BDB6AA

#BDB6AA is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.019 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6AA
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 170)
HSL	hsl(38, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(38, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, 0.37, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 7.00, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0028 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.019 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9692, 47.1775, 44.7596)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6AA #AAB1BD

analogous

#BDACAA #BDB6AA #BABDAA

triadic

#BDB6AA #AABDB6 #B6AABD

tetradic

#BDB6AA #AABDAC #AAB1BD #BDAABA

square

#BDB6AA #AABDAC #AAB1BD #BDAABA

split-complementary

#BDB6AA #AABABD #ACAABD

monochromatic

#857A67 #A29888 #BDB6AA #D8D4CC #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#BDB6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6AA

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6AA	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.019 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cbc3',
    500: '#bdb6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6aa;
$custom-light: #d1cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77864,
    "c": 0.01851,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6AA

secondary

#DFE1E4

accent

#69974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6AA

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

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