#CD997E#CD997E

#CD997E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.073 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD997E
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 38.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 15.91, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 26.98, 53.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.0484 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.073 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3353, 37.2704, 24.8040)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD997E #7EB2CD

analogous

#CD7E8B #CD997E #CDC07E

triadic

#CD997E #7ECD99 #997ECD

tetradic

#CD997E #8BCD7E #7EB2CD #C07ECD

square

#CD997E #8BCD7E #7EB2CD #C07ECD

split-complementary

#CD997E #7ECDC0 #7E8BCD

monochromatic

#965A3A #BC7652 #CD997E #DEBCAA #EFDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CD997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD997E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD997E	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#A79E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.073 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a3',
    500: '#cd997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd997e;
$custom-light: #deb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.506,
    "s": 44.134,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72562,
    "c": 0.07323,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD997E

secondary

#C6D8E1

accent

#88B72E

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD997E

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

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