#CD9960#CD9960

#CD9960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.097 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9960
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 96)
HSL	hsl(31, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 12.85, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 39.48, 71.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0365 0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.097 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6813, 36.6088, 16.0929)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9960 #6094CD

analogous

#CD6360 #CD9960 #CBCD60

triadic

#CD9960 #60CD99 #9960CD

tetradic

#CD9960 #60CD63 #6094CD #CD60CB

square

#CD9960 #60CD63 #6094CD #CD60CB

split-complementary

#CD9960 #60CBCD #6360CD

monochromatic

#885B2B #B67B39 #CD9960 #DCB78F #EAD5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CD9960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9960

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9960	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.097 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb78e',
    500: '#cd9960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9960;
$custom-light: #dfb78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.376,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72013,
    "c": 0.09668,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9960

secondary

#AFC3DA

accent

#91DC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9960

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

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