#bdb2a7

Color #bdb2a7

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning light orange.

Closest named color Dark Gray #a9a9a9 · ΔE 8.3 Nearest Tailwind class stone-400 #a6a09b · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#bdb2a7

RGB

rgb(189, 178, 167)

HSL

hsl(30, 14.3%, 69.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(30, 11.6%, 74.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 11.6%, 25.9%)

LAB

lab(73.19, 2.01, 7.02)

LCH

lch(73.19, 7.3, 74.02)

OKLCH

oklch(77%, 0.0199, 67.56)

HWB

hwb(30, 65.5%, 25.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a7b2bd

Analogous

#bda7a7

#bdb2a7

#bdbda7

Triadic

#bdb2a7

#a7bdb2

#b2a7bd

Split-complementary

#bdb2a7

#a7bdbd

#a7a7bd

Tetradic

#bdb2a7

#b2bda7

#a7b2bd

#b2a7bd

Square

#bdb2a7

#a7bda7

#a7b2bd

#bda7bd

Shades

Color #bdb2a7 mixed toward black.

#a49485

#887766

#66594c

#443b33

#221e19

Tints

Color #bdb2a7 mixed toward white.

#c8bfb6

#d3ccc4

#ded8d3

#e9e5e2

#f4f2f0

Tones

Color #bdb2a7 mixed toward gray.

#bbb2a9

#b9b2ab

#b7b2ac

#b6b2ae

#b4b2b0

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.08:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b8b8aa · ΔE 6.3

Deuteranopia

#b9baaa · ΔE 7.3

Tritanopia

#bcacac · ΔE 6.9

Achromatopsia

#b4b4b4 · ΔE 6.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bdb2a7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bdb2a7]

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Dark Orange #ff8c00

Frequently asked questions

#bdb2a7 (#bdb2a7) is rgb(189, 178, 167) in RGB.

No, #bdb2a7 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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