#CD9977#CD9977

#CD9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.078 H 54.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9977
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(24, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 42%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 15.12, 25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 29.60, 59.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0456 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.078 54.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8994, 37.0960, 22.5079)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9977 #77ABCD

analogous

#CD7780 #CD9977 #CDC477

triadic

#CD9977 #77CD99 #9977CD

tetradic

#CD9977 #80CD77 #77ABCD #C477CD

square

#CD9977 #80CD77 #77ABCD #C477CD

split-complementary

#CD9977 #77CDC4 #7780CD

monochromatic

#935B36 #BD774A #CD9977 #DDBBA4 #EEDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9977

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9977	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.078 54.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb79e',
    500: '#cd9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9977;
$custom-light: #deb79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.721,
    "s": 46.237,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72418,
    "c": 0.07814,
    "h": 54.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9977

secondary

#C1D3DF

accent

#82B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9977

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

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