#CD9979#CD9979

#CD9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.077 H 52.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9979
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 15.34, 24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 28.82, 57.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% 0.0464 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.077 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0207, 37.1445, 23.1471)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9979 #79ADCD

analogous

#CD7983 #CD9979 #CDC379

triadic

#CD9979 #79CD99 #9979CD

tetradic

#CD9979 #83CD79 #79ADCD #C379CD

square

#CD9979 #83CD79 #79ADCD #C379CD

split-complementary

#CD9979 #79CDC3 #7983CD

monochromatic

#945B37 #BC774C #CD9979 #DEBBA6 #EEDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9979

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9979	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.077 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a0',
    500: '#cd9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9979;
$custom-light: #deb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72458,
    "c": 0.07669,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9979

secondary

#C2D4E0

accent

#83B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9979

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

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