#CD9974#CD9974

#CD9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.080 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9974
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(25, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 14.79, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 30.80, 61.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0444 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.08 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7220, 37.0250, 21.5740)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9974 #74A8CD

analogous

#CD747B #CD9974 #CDC674

triadic

#CD9974 #74CD99 #9974CD

tetradic

#CD9974 #7BCD74 #74A8CD #C674CD

square

#CD9974 #7BCD74 #74A8CD #C674CD

split-complementary

#CD9974 #74CDC6 #747BCD

monochromatic

#925B35 #BD7847 #CD9974 #DDBAA1 #EDDBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CD9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9974

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9974	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)

#A89D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.080 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb79c',
    500: '#cd9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9974;
$custom-light: #deb79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.944,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9974

secondary

#BED1DE

accent

#7FBA2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9974

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

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