#CD9C73#CD9C73

#CD9C73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.081 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C73
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 115)
HSL	hsl(27, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 13.05, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 31.36, 65.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0391 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.081 61)
XYZ	xyz(40.1614, 37.9963, 21.4350)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C73 #73A4CD

analogous

#CD7377 #CD9C73 #CDC973

triadic

#CD9C73 #73CD9C #9C73CD

tetradic

#CD9C73 #77CD73 #73A4CD #C973CD

square

#CD9C73 #77CD73 #73A4CD #C973CD

split-complementary

#CD9C73 #73CDC9 #7377CD

monochromatic

#925F34 #BD7C46 #CD9C73 #DDBCA0 #EDDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CD9C73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C73

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C73	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.081 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb99b',
    500: '#cd9c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c73;
$custom-light: #deb99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.333,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.08064,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C73

secondary

#BECFDE

accent

#79BB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C73

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

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