#CD9581#CD9581

#CD9581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.074 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9581
RGB	rgb(205, 149, 129)
HSL	hsl(16, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 18.45, 18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 26.40, 45.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% 0.0562 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.074 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8881, 36.0615, 25.6242)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9581 #81B9CD

analogous

#CD8193 #CD9581 #CDBB81

triadic

#CD9581 #81CD95 #9581CD

tetradic

#CD9581 #93CD81 #81B9CD #BB81CD

square

#CD9581 #93CD81 #81B9CD #BB81CD

split-complementary

#CD9581 #81CDBB #8193CD

monochromatic

#97543C #BC7055 #CD9581 #DEBAAD #F0DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CD9581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CD9581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9581

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9581	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 149, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.074 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb4a5',
    500: '#cd9581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9581;
$custom-light: #deb4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.07385,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9581

secondary

#C8DBE2

accent

#93B62F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9581

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

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