#CD9B8A#CD9B8A

#CD9B8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.065 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9B8A
RGB	rgb(205, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(15, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.4%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 16.30, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 22.95, 44.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0501 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.065 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4867, 38.2591, 29.2394)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9B8A #8ABCCD

analogous

#CD8A9B #CD9B8A #CDBD8A

triadic

#CD9B8A #8ACD9B #9B8ACD

tetradic

#CD9B8A #9BCD8A #8ABCCD #BD8ACD

square

#CD9B8A #9BCD8A #8ABCCD #BD8ACD

split-complementary

#CD9B8A #8ACDBD #8A9BCD

monochromatic

#9B5942 #BB765F #CD9B8A #DFC0B5 #F2E4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CD9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CD9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9B8A

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9B8A	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.065 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb8ac',
    500: '#cd9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9b8a;
$custom-light: #ddb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9B8A

secondary

#CFDFE4

accent

#92B332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9B8A

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

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