#CD9975#CD9975

#CD9975 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.080 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9975
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 117)
HSL	hsl(25, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 42.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 14.90, 26.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 30.40, 60.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0448 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.08 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7805, 37.0484, 21.8820)
Luminance	0.3705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9975 #75A9CD

analogous

#CD757D #CD9975 #CDC575

triadic

#CD9975 #75CD99 #9975CD

tetradic

#CD9975 #7DCD75 #75A9CD #C575CD

square

#CD9975 #7DCD75 #75A9CD #C575CD

split-complementary

#CD9975 #75CDC5 #757DCD

monochromatic

#935B35 #BD7848 #CD9975 #DDBAA2 #EEDBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CD9975 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#CD9975 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9975

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9975	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9975	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9975;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.080 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb79d',
    500: '#cd9975',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9975;
$custom-light: #deb79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9975",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9975

secondary

#BFD2DF

accent

#80BA2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9975

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

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