#CD9878#CD9878

#CD9878 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.078 H 52.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9878
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 120)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, 15.77, 24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 29.22, 57.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0476 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.078 52.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7968, 36.7942, 22.7715)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9878 #78ADCD

analogous

#CD7882 #CD9878 #CDC278

triadic

#CD9878 #78CD98 #9878CD

tetradic

#CD9878 #82CD78 #78ADCD #C278CD

square

#CD9878 #82CD78 #78ADCD #C278CD

split-complementary

#CD9878 #78CDC2 #7882CD

monochromatic

#945A37 #BC764B #CD9878 #DEBAA5 #EEDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CD9878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9878

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9878	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.078 52.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb69f',
    500: '#cd9878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9878;
$custom-light: #deb69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.588,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72248,
    "c": 0.07777,
    "h": 52.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9878

secondary

#C1D4DF

accent

#84B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9878

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

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