#CD9E75#CD9E75

#CD9E75 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.079 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E75
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 117)
HSL	hsl(28, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 42.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 12.18, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 30.65, 66.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0367 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.079 62.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6161, 38.7196, 22.1605)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E75 #75A4CD

analogous

#CD7578 #CD9E75 #CDCA75

triadic

#CD9E75 #75CD9E #9E75CD

tetradic

#CD9E75 #78CD75 #75A4CD #CA75CD

square

#CD9E75 #78CD75 #75A4CD #CA75CD

split-complementary

#CD9E75 #75CDCA #7578CD

monochromatic

#936135 #BD7E48 #CD9E75 #DDBEA2 #EEDDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CD9E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#CD9E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E75

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E75	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.079 62.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deba9d',
    500: '#cd9e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e75;
$custom-light: #deba9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.955,
    "s": 46.809,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73341,
    "c": 0.07877,
    "h": 62.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E75

secondary

#BFD0DF

accent

#78BA2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E75

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

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