#CD9981#CD9981

#CD9981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.071 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9981
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 129)
HSL	hsl(19, 43%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 37%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 37.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 16.27, 20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 25.94, 51.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0497 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.071 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5318, 37.3490, 25.8388)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9981 #81B5CD

analogous

#CD818F #CD9981 #CDBF81

triadic

#CD9981 #81CD99 #9981CD

tetradic

#CD9981 #8FCD81 #81B5CD #BF81CD

square

#CD9981 #8FCD81 #81B5CD #BF81CD

split-complementary

#CD9981 #81CDBF #818FCD

monochromatic

#97593C #BC7655 #CD9981 #DEBCAD #F0E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CD9981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9981

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9981	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.071 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a5',
    500: '#cd9981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9981;
$custom-light: #deb7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.947,
    "s": 43.182,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72627,
    "c": 0.07131,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9981

secondary

#C8DAE2

accent

#8CB62F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9981

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

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