#CD9966#CD9966

#CD9966 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.092 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9966
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(30, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 50.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.07, 13.39, 34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.07, 36.79, 68.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0388 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.092 65)
XYZ	xyz(38.9682, 36.7235, 17.6037)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9966 #669ACD

analogous

#CD6666 #CD9966 #CDCD66

triadic

#CD9966 #66CD99 #9966CD

tetradic

#CD9966 #66CD66 #669ACD #CD66CD

square

#CD9966 #66CD66 #669ACD #CD66CD

split-complementary

#CD9966 #66CDCD #6666CD

monochromatic

#8B5C2D #B97A3D #CD9966 #DCB894 #EBD7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CD9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CD9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9966

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9966	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)

#AA9C62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.092 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb792',
    500: '#cd9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9966;
$custom-light: #dfb792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.709,
    "s": 50.739,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72109,
    "c": 0.09169,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.36721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9966

secondary

#B4C8DB

accent

#73BE27

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FCF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9966

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

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