#CD9B79#CD9B79

#CD9B79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.076 H 55.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B79
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(24, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 14.25, 25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 28.83, 60.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% 0.0432 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.076 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3508, 37.8047, 23.2572)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B79 #79ABCD

analogous

#CD7981 #CD9B79 #CDC579

triadic

#CD9B79 #79CD9B #9B79CD

tetradic

#CD9B79 #81CD79 #79ABCD #C579CD

square

#CD9B79 #81CD79 #79ABCD #C579CD

split-complementary

#CD9B79 #79CDC5 #7981CD

monochromatic

#945D37 #BC7A4C #CD9B79 #DEBCA6 #EEDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CD9B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CD9B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B79

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B79	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.076 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb8a0',
    500: '#cd9b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b79;
$custom-light: #deb8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.286,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72841,
    "c": 0.07605,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B79

secondary

#C2D4E0

accent

#80B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B79

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

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