#CD9D79#CD9D79

#CD9D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.076 H 58.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D79
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(26, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 13.16, 25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 28.89, 62.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0399 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.076 58.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6864, 38.4759, 23.3690)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D79 #79A9CD

analogous

#CD797F #CD9D79 #CDC779

triadic

#CD9D79 #79CD9D #9D79CD

tetradic

#CD9D79 #7FCD79 #79A9CD #C779CD

square

#CD9D79 #7FCD79 #79A9CD #C779CD

split-complementary

#CD9D79 #79CDC7 #797FCD

monochromatic

#945F37 #BC7C4C #CD9D79 #DEBEA6 #EEDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CD9D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CD9D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D79

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D79	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7AB79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.076 58.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debaa0',
    500: '#cd9d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d79;
$custom-light: #debaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73225,
    "c": 0.07558,
    "h": 58.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D79

secondary

#C2D3E0

accent

#7DB92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D79

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

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