#CD997C#CD997C

#CD997C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.075 H 50.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD997C
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 39.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 15.68, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 27.70, 55.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0476 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.075 50.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2076, 37.2193, 24.1311)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD997C #7CB0CD

analogous

#CD7C88 #CD997C #CDC17C

triadic

#CD997C #7CCD99 #997CCD

tetradic

#CD997C #88CD7C #7CB0CD #C17CCD

square

#CD997C #88CD7C #7CB0CD #C17CCD

split-complementary

#CD997C #7CCDC1 #7C88CD

monochromatic

#965A39 #BC7750 #CD997C #DEBBA8 #EFDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CD997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD997C

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD997C	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)

#A79E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.075 50.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a2',
    500: '#cd997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd997c;
$custom-light: #deb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.481,
    "s": 44.751,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7252,
    "c": 0.07457,
    "h": 50.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD997C

secondary

#C4D6E0

accent

#86B82E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110F

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD997C

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

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