#CD8972#CD8972

#CD8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.090 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8972
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.42, 23.30, 22.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.42, 32.70, 44.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0697 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.09 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1616, 32.0882, 20.1527)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8972 #72B6CD

analogous

#CD7288 #CD8972 #CDB772

triadic

#CD8972 #72CD89 #8972CD

tetradic

#CD8972 #88CD72 #72B6CD #B772CD

square

#CD8972 #88CD72 #72B6CD #B772CD

split-complementary

#CD8972 #72CDB7 #7288CD

monochromatic

#914B33 #BD6345 #CD8972 #DDAF9F #EDD5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8972

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8972	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.090 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9a',
    500: '#cd8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8972;
$custom-light: #dfac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.165,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69339,
    "c": 0.0903,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8972

secondary

#BDD6DE

accent

#96BB2B

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8972

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

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