#CD9969#CD9969

#CD9969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.089 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9969
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(29, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 48.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, 13.67, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 35.47, 67.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% 0.04 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.089 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1197, 36.7841, 18.4015)
Luminance	0.3678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9969 #699DCD

analogous

#CD696B #CD9969 #CDCB69

triadic

#CD9969 #69CD99 #9969CD

tetradic

#CD9969 #6BCD69 #699DCD #CB69CD

square

#CD9969 #6BCD69 #699DCD #CB69CD

split-complementary

#CD9969 #69CDCB #696BCD

monochromatic

#8D5C2F #BB7A3E #CD9969 #DCB897 #ECD7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CD9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9969

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9969	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)

#A99C65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A86A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.089 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb794',
    500: '#cd9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9969;
$custom-light: #dfb794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.8,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72159,
    "c": 0.08921,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9969

secondary

#B6CADC

accent

#76BD28

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9969

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

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