#CD9972#CD9972

#CD9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.082 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9972
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(26, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, 14.58, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 31.62, 62.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0436 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.082 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6070, 36.9790, 20.9679)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9972 #72A6CD

analogous

#CD7279 #CD9972 #CDC672

triadic

#CD9972 #72CD99 #9972CD

tetradic

#CD9972 #79CD72 #72A6CD #C672CD

square

#CD9972 #79CD72 #72A6CD #C672CD

split-complementary

#CD9972 #72CDC6 #7279CD

monochromatic

#915C33 #BD7845 #CD9972 #DDBA9F #EDDACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9972

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9972	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.082 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb79b',
    500: '#cd9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9972;
$custom-light: #deb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72321,
    "c": 0.08196,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9972

secondary

#BDD0DE

accent

#7DBB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9972

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

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