#CD9986#CD9986

#CD9986 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.068 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9986
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 34.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 16.88, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 24.38, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0517 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.068 41)
XYZ	xyz(40.8723, 37.4852, 27.6322)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9986 #86BACD

analogous

#CD8697 #CD9986 #CDBD86

triadic

#CD9986 #86CD99 #9986CD

tetradic

#CD9986 #97CD86 #86BACD #BD86CD

square

#CD9986 #97CD86 #86BACD #BD86CD

split-complementary

#CD9986 #86CDBD #8697CD

monochromatic

#99573F #BB745B #CD9986 #DFBEB1 #F1E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9986

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9986	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.068 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb7a9',
    500: '#cd9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9986;
$custom-light: #deb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.056,
    "s": 41.52,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72739,
    "c": 0.06846,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.37483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9986

secondary

#CCDDE3

accent

#91B531

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9986

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

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