#CD9983#CD9983

#CD9983 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.070 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9983
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 131)
HSL	hsl(18, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 36.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, 16.51, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 25.29, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0505 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.07 44)
XYZ	xyz(40.6661, 37.4027, 26.5458)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9983 #83B7CD

analogous

#CD8392 #CD9983 #CDBE83

triadic

#CD9983 #83CD99 #9983CD

tetradic

#CD9983 #92CD83 #83B7CD #BE83CD

square

#CD9983 #92CD83 #83B7CD #BE83CD

split-complementary

#CD9983 #83CDBE #8392CD

monochromatic

#98583D #BB7557 #CD9983 #DFBDAF #F0E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CD9983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#CD9983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9983

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9983	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.070 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a7',
    500: '#cd9983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9983;
$custom-light: #deb7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72671,
    "c": 0.07012,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9983

secondary

#CADBE2

accent

#8EB630

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9983

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

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