#CD9970#CD9970

#CD9970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.084 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9970
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 45.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 14.37, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 32.45, 63.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0428 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.084 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4944, 36.9340, 20.3749)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9970 #70A4CD

analogous

#CD7075 #CD9970 #CDC870

triadic

#CD9970 #70CD99 #9970CD

tetradic

#CD9970 #75CD70 #70A4CD #C870CD

square

#CD9970 #75CD70 #70A4CD #C870CD

split-complementary

#CD9970 #70CDC8 #7075CD

monochromatic

#905C32 #BD7943 #CD9970 #DDB99D #EDDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CD9970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9970

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9970	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.084 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb799',
    500: '#cd9970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9970;
$custom-light: #deb799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.452,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72284,
    "c": 0.08353,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9970

secondary

#BBCEDD

accent

#7BBB2A

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9970

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

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