#BDB7AA#BDB7AA

#BDB7AA is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.019 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7AA
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 170)
HSL	hsl(41, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(41, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -0.16, 7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 7.36, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% 0.0013 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.019 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1747, 47.5885, 44.8281)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7AA #AAB0BD

analogous

#BDADAA #BDB7AA #B9BDAA

triadic

#BDB7AA #AABDB7 #B7AABD

tetradic

#BDB7AA #AABDAD #AAB0BD #BDAAB9

square

#BDB7AA #AABDAD #AAB0BD #BDAAB9

split-complementary

#BDB7AA #AAB9BD #ADAABD

monochromatic

#857C67 #A29A88 #BDB7AA #D8D4CC #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#BDB7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7AA

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7AA	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.019 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ccc3',
    500: '#bdb7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7aa;
$custom-light: #d1ccc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7807,
    "c": 0.0193,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7AA

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#66974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F8F7

border

#D2D1D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7AA

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

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