#CD9480#CD9480

#CD9480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.075 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9480
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 128)
HSL	hsl(16, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 38%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 37.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 18.88, 19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 26.84, 45.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% 0.0574 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.075 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6644, 35.7200, 25.2234)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9480 #80B9CD

analogous

#CD8093 #CD9480 #CDBA80

triadic

#CD9480 #80CD94 #9480CD

tetradic

#CD9480 #93CD80 #80B9CD #BA80CD

square

#CD9480 #93CD80 #80B9CD #BA80CD

split-complementary

#CD9480 #80CDBA #8093CD

monochromatic

#97533B #BC6F54 #CD9480 #DEB9AC #F0DED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD9480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CD9480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9480

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9480	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.075 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb3a5',
    500: '#cd9480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9480;
$custom-light: #deb3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.584,
    "s": 43.503,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.07508,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9480

secondary

#C7DBE1

accent

#93B72F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9480

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

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