#CD9879#CD9879

#CD9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.077 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9879
RGB	rgb(205, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(22, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 15.88, 24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 28.84, 56.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.048 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.077 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8578, 36.8186, 23.0928)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9879 #79AECD

analogous

#CD7984 #CD9879 #CDC279

triadic

#CD9879 #79CD98 #9879CD

tetradic

#CD9879 #84CD79 #79AECD #C279CD

square

#CD9879 #84CD79 #79AECD #C279CD

split-complementary

#CD9879 #79CDC2 #7984CD

monochromatic

#945A37 #BC764C #CD9879 #DEBAA6 #EEDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CD9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9879

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9879	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)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.077 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb6a0',
    500: '#cd9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9879;
$custom-light: #deb6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.07707,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9879

secondary

#C2D5E0

accent

#85B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9879

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

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