#CD9E87#CD9E87

#CD9E87 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.065 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E87
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(20, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 34.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 14.28, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 23.57, 52.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% 0.044 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.065 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7780, 39.1843, 28.2797)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E87 #87B6CD

analogous

#CD8793 #CD9E87 #CDC187

triadic

#CD9E87 #87CD9E #9E87CD

tetradic

#CD9E87 #93CD87 #87B6CD #C187CD

square

#CD9E87 #93CD87 #87B6CD #C187CD

split-complementary

#CD9E87 #87CDC1 #8793CD

monochromatic

#9A5D40 #BB7B5C #CD9E87 #DFC1B2 #F1E4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CD9E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#CD9E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E87

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E87	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.065 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaaa',
    500: '#cd9e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e87;
$custom-light: #ddbaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73714,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E87

secondary

#CDDCE3

accent

#89B431

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E87

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

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