#bdaca5

Color #bdaca5

A muted light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 7.96 Nearest Tailwind class taupe-400 #aba09c · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bdaca5

RGB

rgb(189, 172, 165)

HSL

hsl(17.5, 15.4%, 69.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(17.5, 12.7%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 9%, 12.7%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(71.58, 4.92, 5.81)

LCH

lch(71.58, 7.61, 49.74)

OKLCH

oklch(75.7%, 0.0221, 43.72)

HWB

hwb(17.5, 64.7%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5b6bd

Analogous

#bda5aa

#bdaca5

#bdb8a5

Triadic

#bdaca5

#a5bdac

#aca5bd

Split-complementary

#bdaca5

#a5bdb8

#a5aabd

Tetradic

#bdaca5

#b6bda5

#a5b6bd

#aca5bd

Square

#bdaca5

#aabda5

#a5b6bd

#b8a5bd

Shades

Color #bdaca5 mixed toward black.

#a48d83

#886e64

#66534b

#443732

#221c19

Tints

Color #bdaca5 mixed toward white.

#c8bab4

#d3c8c3

#ded5d2

#e9e3e1

#f4f1f0

Tones

Color #bdaca5 mixed toward gray.

#bbada7

#b9aea9

#b7aeab

#b5afad

#b3b0af

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.19:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.61:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.61:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b6b6a7 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#b7b8a7 · ΔE 11.9

Tritanopia

#bca8a8 · ΔE 4.1

Achromatopsia

#afafaf · ΔE 7.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdaca5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdaca5]

Related colors

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Orange Red #ff4500

Coral #ff7f50

Sienna #a0522d

Dark Salmon #e9967a

Seashell #fff5ee

Frequently asked questions

#bdaca5 (#bdaca5) is rgb(189, 172, 165) in RGB.

No, #bdaca5 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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