#CD997B#CD997B

#CD997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.075 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD997B
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 40%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, 15.57, 23.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 28.07, 56.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0472 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.075 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1447, 37.1941, 23.7998)
Luminance	0.3719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD997B #7BAFCD

analogous

#CD7B86 #CD997B #CDC27B

triadic

#CD997B #7BCD99 #997BCD

tetradic

#CD997B #86CD7B #7BAFCD #C27BCD

square

#CD997B #86CD7B #7BAFCD #C27BCD

split-complementary

#CD997B #7BCDC2 #7B86CD

monochromatic

#955A38 #BC774F #CD997B #DEBBA7 #EFDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CD997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD997B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD997B	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.075 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a1',
    500: '#cd997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd997b;
$custom-light: #deb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.951,
    "s": 45.055,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.07527,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD997B

secondary

#C4D6E0

accent

#85B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD997B

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

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