#CD997A#CD997A

#CD997A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.076 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD997A
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 40.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 15.45, 23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 28.44, 57.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.0468 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.076 52)
XYZ	xyz(40.0824, 37.1692, 23.4718)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD997A #7AAECD

analogous

#CD7A85 #CD997A #CDC37A

triadic

#CD997A #7ACD99 #997ACD

tetradic

#CD997A #85CD7A #7AAECD #C37ACD

square

#CD997A #85CD7A #7AAECD #C37ACD

split-complementary

#CD997A #7ACDC3 #7A85CD

monochromatic

#955B38 #BC774E #CD997A #DEBBA6 #EEDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CD997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD997A

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD997A	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)

#A79E78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.076 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a0',
    500: '#cd997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd997a;
$custom-light: #deb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.41,
    "s": 45.355,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72479,
    "c": 0.07597,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.37167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD997A

secondary

#C3D5E0

accent

#84B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD997A

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

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