#CD9481#CD9481

#CD9481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.075 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9481
RGB	rgb(205, 148, 129)
HSL	hsl(15, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(15, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 19.00, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 26.55, 44.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% 0.0578 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.075 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7306, 35.7464, 25.5717)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9481 #81BACD

analogous

#CD8194 #CD9481 #CDBA81

triadic

#CD9481 #81CD94 #9481CD

tetradic

#CD9481 #94CD81 #81BACD #BA81CD

square

#CD9481 #94CD81 #81BACD #BA81CD

split-complementary

#CD9481 #81CDBA #8194CD

monochromatic

#97533C #BC6F55 #CD9481 #DEB9AD #F0DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CD9481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CD9481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9481

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9481	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 148, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.075 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb3a5',
    500: '#cd9481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9481;
$custom-light: #deb3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71686,
    "c": 0.07458,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9481

secondary

#C8DBE2

accent

#95B62F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9481

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

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