#CD9873#CD9873

#CD9873 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.081 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9873
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 115)
HSL	hsl(25, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, 15.23, 27.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 31.19, 60.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0456 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.081 56)
XYZ	xyz(39.5012, 36.6759, 21.2149)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9873 #73A8CD

analogous

#CD737B #CD9873 #CDC573

triadic

#CD9873 #73CD98 #9873CD

tetradic

#CD9873 #7BCD73 #73A8CD #C573CD

square

#CD9873 #7BCD73 #73A8CD #C573CD

split-complementary

#CD9873 #73CDC5 #737BCD

monochromatic

#925A34 #BD7746 #CD9873 #DDB9A0 #EDDACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CD9873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9873

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9873	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.081 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb69b',
    500: '#cd9873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9873;
$custom-light: #deb69b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72149,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.36673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9873

secondary

#BED1DE

accent

#80BB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9873

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

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