#BDB7AB#BDB7AB

#BDB7AB is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.018 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7AB
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 171)
HSL	hsl(40, 12%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(40, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 0.01, 6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 6.85, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.0017 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.018 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2696, 47.6265, 45.3282)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7AB #ABB1BD

analogous

#BDAEAB #BDB7AB #BABDAB

triadic

#BDB7AB #ABBDB7 #B7ABBD

tetradic

#BDB7AB #ABBDAE #ABB1BD #BDABBA

square

#BDB7AB #ABBDAE #ABB1BD #BDABBA

split-complementary

#BDB7AB #ABBABD #AEABBD

monochromatic

#857C69 #A29A89 #BDB7AB #D8D4CD #F2F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BDB7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDB7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7AB

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7AB	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.018 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccc4',
    500: '#bdb7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7ab;
$custom-light: #d0ccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78097,
    "c": 0.01803,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7AB

secondary

#DFE1E4

accent

#67964F

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7AB

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

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