#CD996F#CD996F

#CD996F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.084 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD996F
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(27, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(27, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 45.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 14.27, 29.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 32.88, 64.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0424 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.084 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4390, 36.9118, 20.0833)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD996F #6FA3CD

analogous

#CD6F74 #CD996F #CDC86F

triadic

#CD996F #6FCD99 #996FCD

tetradic

#CD996F #74CD6F #6FA3CD #C86FCD

square

#CD996F #74CD6F #6FA3CD #C86FCD

split-complementary

#CD996F #6FCDC8 #6F74CD

monochromatic

#905C32 #BD7942 #CD996F #DDB99C #EDD9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CD996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CD996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD996F

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD996F	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)

#A99D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A86F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.084 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb799',
    500: '#cd996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd996f;
$custom-light: #deb799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.809,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD996F

secondary

#BBCEDD

accent

#7BBC2A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD996F

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

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