#CD9C8B#CD9C8B

#CD9C8B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.064 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C8B
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(15, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(15, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 32.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.48, 15.89, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.48, 22.53, 45.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0489 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.064 40)
XYZ	xyz(41.7265, 38.6224, 29.6781)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C8B #8BBCCD

analogous

#CD8B9B #CD9C8B #CDBD8B

triadic

#CD9C8B #8BCD9C #9C8BCD

tetradic

#CD9C8B #9BCD8B #8BBCCD #BD8BCD

square

#CD9C8B #9BCD8B #8BBCCD #BD8BCD

split-complementary

#CD9C8B #8BCDBD #8B9BCD

monochromatic

#9B5943 #BB7860 #CD9C8B #DFC0B6 #F2E5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CD9C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#CD9C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C8B

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C8B	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)

#A8A18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.064 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ad',
    500: '#cd9c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c8b;
$custom-light: #ddb9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.455,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73424,
    "c": 0.06379,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.3862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C8B

secondary

#D0DFE4

accent

#92B333

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C8B

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

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