#BDB7AE#BDB7AE

#BDB7AE is a light, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.014 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB7AE
RGB	rgb(189, 183, 174)
HSL	hsl(36, 10%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(36, 8%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 7.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, 0.52, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 5.35, 84.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% 0.0029 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.014 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5588, 47.7422, 46.8513)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB7AE #AEB4BD

analogous

#BDAFAE #BDB7AE #BBBDAE

triadic

#BDB7AE #AEBDB7 #B7AEBD

tetradic

#BDB7AE #AEBDAF #AEB4BD #BDAEBB

square

#BDB7AE #AEBDAF #AEB4BD #BDAEBB

split-complementary

#BDB7AE #AEBBBD #AFAEBD

monochromatic

#857B6C #A2998C #BDB7AE #D8D5D0 #F1F0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BDB7AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#BDB7AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB7AE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB7AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB7AE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0B5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb7ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 183, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.014 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ccc6',
    500: '#bdb7ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb7ae;
$custom-light: #d0ccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb7ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 10.204,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78179,
    "c": 0.01429,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB7AE

secondary

#E1E3E5

accent

#6C9451

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#141313

muted

#828282

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB7AE

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

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