#CD996E#CD996E

#CD996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD996E
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(27, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 14.17, 30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 33.30, 64.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.042 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.085 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3843, 36.8899, 19.7949)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD996E #6EA2CD

analogous

#CD6E73 #CD996E #CDC96E

triadic

#CD996E #6ECD99 #996ECD

tetradic

#CD996E #73CD6E #6EA2CD #C96ECD

square

#CD996E #73CD6E #6EA2CD #C96ECD

split-complementary

#CD996E #6ECDC9 #6E73CD

monochromatic

#8F5C31 #BD7941 #CD996E #DDB99C #ECD9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD996E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD996E	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb798',
    500: '#cd996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd996e;
$custom-light: #deb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.158,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72247,
    "c": 0.08513,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD996E

secondary

#BACDDD

accent

#7ABC29

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110D

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD996E

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

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