#CD9E72#CD9E72

#CD9E72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.081 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E72
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 114)
HSL	hsl(29, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, 11.86, 29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 31.96, 68.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0355 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.081 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4425, 38.6502, 21.2464)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E72 #72A1CD

analogous

#CD7273 #CD9E72 #CDCC72

triadic

#CD9E72 #72CD9E #9E72CD

tetradic

#CD9E72 #73CD72 #72A1CD #CC72CD

square

#CD9E72 #73CD72 #72A1CD #CC72CD

split-complementary

#CD9E72 #72CDCC #7273CD

monochromatic

#916133 #BD7F45 #CD9E72 #DDBD9F #EDDCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CD9E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CD9E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E72

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E72	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.081 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba9b',
    500: '#cd9e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e72;
$custom-light: #deba9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.011,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73285,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E72

secondary

#BDCEDE

accent

#75BB2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E72

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

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