#CD9D83#CD9D83

#CD9D83 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.068 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D83
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 131)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(21, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 36.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 14.33, 20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 25.01, 55.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.044 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.068 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3318, 38.7340, 26.7677)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D83 #83B3CD

analogous

#CD838E #CD9D83 #CDC283

triadic

#CD9D83 #83CD9D #9D83CD

tetradic

#CD9D83 #8ECD83 #83B3CD #C283CD

square

#CD9D83 #8ECD83 #83B3CD #C283CD

split-complementary

#CD9D83 #83CDC2 #838ECD

monochromatic

#985D3D #BB7B57 #CD9D83 #DFBFAF #F0E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CD9D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#CD9D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D83

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D83	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AB83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.068 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debaa7',
    500: '#cd9d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d83;
$custom-light: #debaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.081,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.06807,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D83

secondary

#CADAE2

accent

#87B630

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D83

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

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