#CD9985#CD9985

#CD9985 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.069 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9985
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(17, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(17, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 35.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 16.76, 18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 24.67, 47.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0513 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.069 42)
XYZ	xyz(40.8029, 37.4574, 27.2666)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9985 #85B9CD

analogous

#CD8595 #CD9985 #CDBD85

triadic

#CD9985 #85CD99 #9985CD

tetradic

#CD9985 #95CD85 #85B9CD #BD85CD

square

#CD9985 #95CD85 #85B9CD #BD85CD

split-complementary

#CD9985 #85CDBD #8595CD

monochromatic

#99583F #BB755A #CD9985 #DFBDB0 #F1E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CD9985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9985

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9985	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.069 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a8',
    500: '#cd9985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9985;
$custom-light: #deb7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 41.86,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72716,
    "c": 0.06899,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.37455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9985

secondary

#CBDCE3

accent

#90B531

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9985

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

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