#BDB6AE#BDB6AE

#BDB6AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.014 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB6AE
RGB	rgb(189, 182, 174)
HSL	hsl(32, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(32, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, 1.06, 4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 5.06, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% 0.0044 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.014 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3533, 47.3311, 46.7828)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB6AE #AEB5BD

analogous

#BDAEAE #BDB6AE #BCBDAE

triadic

#BDB6AE #AEBDB6 #B6AEBD

tetradic

#BDB6AE #AEBDAE #AEB5BD #BDAEBC

square

#BDB6AE #AEBDAE #AEB5BD #BDAEBC

split-complementary

#BDB6AE #AEBCBD #AEAEBD

monochromatic

#85796C #A2988C #BDB6AE #D8D4D0 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#BDB6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BDB6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB6AE

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB6AE	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 182, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.014 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0cbc6',
    500: '#bdb6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb6ae;
$custom-light: #d0cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.01375,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB6AE

secondary

#E1E3E5

accent

#719451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB6AE

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

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