#CD9E89#CD9E89

#CD9E89 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.064 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E89
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(19, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 33.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 14.54, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 22.91, 50.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% 0.0448 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.064 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9201, 39.2412, 29.0283)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E89 #89B8CD

analogous

#CD8996 #CD9E89 #CDC089

triadic

#CD9E89 #89CD9E #9E89CD

tetradic

#CD9E89 #96CD89 #89B8CD #C089CD

square

#CD9E89 #96CD89 #89B8CD #C089CD

split-complementary

#CD9E89 #89CDC0 #8996CD

monochromatic

#9A5D41 #BB7B5E #CD9E89 #DFC1B4 #F1E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CD9E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CD9E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E89

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E89	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.064 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaab',
    500: '#cd9e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e89;
$custom-light: #ddbaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.529,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73759,
    "c": 0.06367,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E89

secondary

#CEDDE4

accent

#8CB432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E89

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

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