#CD9C65#CD9C65

#CD9C65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.093 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C65
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 101)
HSL	hsl(32, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 50.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 11.67, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 37.58, 71.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.0336 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.093 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4161, 37.6982, 17.5098)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C65 #6596CD

analogous

#CD6865 #CD9C65 #CACD65

triadic

#CD9C65 #65CD9C #9C65CD

tetradic

#CD9C65 #65CD68 #6596CD #CD65CA

square

#CD9C65 #65CD68 #6596CD #CD65CA

split-complementary

#CD9C65 #65CACD #6865CD

monochromatic

#8B5F2D #B97E3C #CD9C65 #DCBA93 #EBD7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CD9C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CD9C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C65

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C65	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.093 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb992',
    500: '#cd9c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c65;
$custom-light: #dfb992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.731,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72673,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C65

secondary

#B3C6DB

accent

#90DA4D

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FCF6F1

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15110D

muted

#84807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C65

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

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