#CD9978#CD9978

#CD9978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.077 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9978
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 41.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 15.23, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 29.21, 58.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.046 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.077 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9597, 37.1201, 22.8258)
Luminance	0.3712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9978 #78ACCD

analogous

#CD7881 #CD9978 #CDC378

triadic

#CD9978 #78CD99 #9978CD

tetradic

#CD9978 #81CD78 #78ACCD #C378CD

square

#CD9978 #81CD78 #78ACCD #C378CD

split-complementary

#CD9978 #78CDC3 #7881CD

monochromatic

#945B37 #BC774B #CD9978 #DEBBA5 #EEDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CD9978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9978

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9978	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)

#A89D76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.077 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb79f',
    500: '#cd9978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9978;
$custom-light: #deb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.294,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72438,
    "c": 0.07741,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9978

secondary

#C1D4DF

accent

#82B92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9978

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

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