#CD996D#CD996D

#CD996D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.086 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD996D
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 47%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 46.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 14.06, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 33.73, 65.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0416 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.086 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3301, 36.8683, 19.5098)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD996D #6DA1CD

analogous

#CD6D71 #CD996D #CDC96D

triadic

#CD996D #6DCD99 #996DCD

tetradic

#CD996D #71CD6D #6DA1CD #C96DCD

square

#CD996D #71CD6D #6DA1CD #C96DCD

split-complementary

#CD996D #6DCDC9 #6D71CD

monochromatic

#8F5C31 #BC7940 #CD996D #DDB99B #ECD9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CD996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD996D

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD996D	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)

#A99D6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A86E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.086 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb797',
    500: '#cd996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd996d;
$custom-light: #deb797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.5,
    "s": 48.98,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72229,
    "c": 0.08593,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD996D

secondary

#B9CCDD

accent

#79BC29

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD996D

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

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