#CD9E83#CD9E83

#CD9E83 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.068 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E83
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 131)
HSL	hsl(22, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 36%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 36.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 13.79, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 24.99, 56.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0424 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.068 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5016, 39.0738, 26.8243)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E83 #83B2CD

analogous

#CD838D #CD9E83 #CDC383

triadic

#CD9E83 #83CD9E #9E83CD

tetradic

#CD9E83 #8DCD83 #83B2CD #C383CD

square

#CD9E83 #8DCD83 #83B2CD #C383CD

split-complementary

#CD9E83 #83CDC3 #838DCD

monochromatic

#985F3D #BB7C57 #CD9E83 #DFC0AF #F0E2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CD9E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CD9E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E83

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E83	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.068 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaa7',
    500: '#cd9e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e83;
$custom-light: #ddbaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.892,
    "s": 42.529,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73625,
    "c": 0.06767,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E83

secondary

#CAD9E2

accent

#85B630

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E83

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

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