#BDB8AA#BDB8AA

#BDB8AA is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.020 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDB8AA
RGB	rgb(189, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(44, 13%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(44, 10%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 10.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -0.70, 7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 7.77, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0002 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.02 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3817, 48.0025, 44.8971)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDB8AA #AAAFBD

analogous

#BDAEAA #BDB8AA #B8BDAA

triadic

#BDB8AA #AABDB8 #B8AABD

tetradic

#BDB8AA #AABDAE #AAAFBD #BDAAB8

square

#BDB8AA #AABDAE #AAAFBD #BDAAB8

split-complementary

#BDB8AA #AAB8BD #AEAABD

monochromatic

#857D67 #A29B88 #BDB8AA #D8D5CC #F2F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#BDB8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#BDB8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDB8AA

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDB8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDB8AA	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1B6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdb8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.020 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1cdc3',
    500: '#bdb8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdb8aa;
$custom-light: #d1cdc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdb8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 12.583,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78276,
    "c": 0.02023,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDB8AA

secondary

#DFE0E4

accent

#62974F

background

#FCFCFB

surface

#F9F9F7

border

#D2D2D0

text

#141312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDB8AA

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

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