#CD997D#CD997D

#CD997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.074 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD997D
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 15.80, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 27.33, 54.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.048 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.074 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2711, 37.2447, 24.4659)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD997D #7DB1CD

analogous

#CD7D89 #CD997D #CDC17D

triadic

#CD997D #7DCD99 #997DCD

tetradic

#CD997D #89CD7D #7DB1CD #C17DCD

square

#CD997D #89CD7D #7DB1CD #C17DCD

split-complementary

#CD997D #7DCDC1 #7D89CD

monochromatic

#965A3A #BC7651 #CD997D #DEBCA9 #EFDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CD997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD997D

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD997D	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.074 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a2',
    500: '#cd997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd997d;
$custom-light: #deb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD997D

secondary

#C5D7E1

accent

#87B82E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD997D

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

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