#BDB7AC#BDB7AC

#BDB7AC is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.017 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7AC
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 172)
HSL	hsl(39, 11%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 9%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.61, 0.18, 6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.61, 6.34, 88.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% 0.0021 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.017 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3653, 47.6648, 45.8321)
Luminance	0.4766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7AC #ACB2BD

analogous

#BDAEAC #BDB7AC #BABDAC

triadic

#BDB7AC #ACBDB7 #B7ACBD

tetradic

#BDB7AC #ACBDAE #ACB2BD #BDACBA

square

#BDB7AC #ACBDAE #ACB2BD #BDACBA

split-complementary

#BDB7AC #ACBABD #AEACBD

monochromatic

#857B6A #A2998A #BDB7AC #D8D5CE #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#BDB7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7AC

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7AC	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#BAB7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.017 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccc4',
    500: '#bdb7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7ac;
$custom-light: #d0ccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 11.409,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.01676,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7AC

secondary

#E0E2E5

accent

#699550

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7AC

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

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