#CD9965#CD9965

#CD9965 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.093 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9965
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 101)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 13.30, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 37.24, 69.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0384 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.093 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9189, 36.7038, 17.3441)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9965 #6599CD

analogous

#CD6565 #CD9965 #CDCD65

triadic

#CD9965 #65CD99 #9965CD

tetradic

#CD9965 #65CD65 #6599CD #CD65CD

square

#CD9965 #65CD65 #6599CD #CD65CD

split-complementary

#CD9965 #65CDCD #6565CD

monochromatic

#8B5C2D #B97A3C #CD9965 #DCB893 #EBD6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9965

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9965	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.093 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb792',
    500: '#cd9965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9965;
$custom-light: #dfb792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72093,
    "c": 0.09252,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9965

secondary

#B3C7DB

accent

#94DA4D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FCF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9965

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

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