#CD9987#CD9987

#CD9987 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.068 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9987
RGB	rgb(205, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(15, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 17.01, 17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 24.09, 45.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% 0.0521 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.068 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9424, 37.5132, 28.0012)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9987 #87BBCD

analogous

#CD8798 #CD9987 #CDBC87

triadic

#CD9987 #87CD99 #9987CD

tetradic

#CD9987 #98CD87 #87BBCD #BC87CD

square

#CD9987 #98CD87 #87BBCD #BC87CD

split-complementary

#CD9987 #87CDBC #8798CD

monochromatic

#9A5740 #BB745C #CD9987 #DFBEB2 #F1E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CD9987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9987

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9987	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)

#A59F86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.068 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7aa',
    500: '#cd9987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9987;
$custom-light: #ddb7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.429,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72762,
    "c": 0.06794,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9987

secondary

#CDDDE3

accent

#93B431

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9987

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

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