#CD996C#CD996C

#CD996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.087 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD996C
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(28, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 13.96, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 34.16, 65.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0412 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.087 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2766, 36.8469, 19.2279)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD996C #6CA0CD

analogous

#CD6C70 #CD996C #CDCA6C

triadic

#CD996C #6CCD99 #996CCD

tetradic

#CD996C #70CD6C #6CA0CD #CA6CCD

square

#CD996C #70CD6C #6CA0CD #CA6CCD

split-complementary

#CD996C #6CCDCA #6C70CD

monochromatic

#8E5C30 #BC7940 #CD996C #DDB99A #ECD8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CD996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD996C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD996C	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.087 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb796',
    500: '#cd996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd996c;
$custom-light: #deb796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.835,
    "s": 49.239,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD996C

secondary

#B8CCDD

accent

#78BD29

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD996C

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

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