#CD9E8A#CD9E8A

#CD9E8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.063 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E8A
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(18, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, 14.67, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 22.59, 49.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0453 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.063 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.9922, 39.2700, 29.4079)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E8A #8AB9CD

analogous

#CD8A98 #CD9E8A #CDBF8A

triadic

#CD9E8A #8ACD9E #9E8ACD

tetradic

#CD9E8A #98CD8A #8AB9CD #BF8ACD

square

#CD9E8A #98CD8A #8AB9CD #BF8ACD

split-complementary

#CD9E8A #8ACDBF #8A98CD

monochromatic

#9B5C42 #BB7A5F #CD9E8A #DFC2B5 #F2E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CD9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CD9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E8A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E8A	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)

#AAA389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.063 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaac',
    500: '#cd9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e8a;
$custom-light: #ddbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.91,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73782,
    "c": 0.06307,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E8A

secondary

#CFDEE4

accent

#8DB332

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E8A

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

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