#CD9C8A#CD9C8A

#CD9C8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.064 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C8A
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(16, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 15.76, 16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 22.81, 46.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0485 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.064 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.6538, 38.5933, 29.2951)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C8A #8ABBCD

analogous

#CD8A9A #CD9C8A #CDBD8A

triadic

#CD9C8A #8ACD9C #9C8ACD

tetradic

#CD9C8A #9ACD8A #8ABBCD #BD8ACD

square

#CD9C8A #9ACD8A #8ABBCD #BD8ACD

split-complementary

#CD9C8A #8ACDBD #8A9ACD

monochromatic

#9B5A42 #BB785F #CD9C8A #DFC0B5 #F2E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CD9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#CD9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C8A

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C8A	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.064 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ac',
    500: '#cd9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c8a;
$custom-light: #ddb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.119,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.06431,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C8A

secondary

#CFDEE4

accent

#91B332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C8A

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

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