#CD9F79#CD9F79

#CD9F79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.075 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9F79
RGB	rgb(205, 159, 121)
HSL	hsl(27, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, 12.08, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 29.01, 65.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% 0.0367 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.075 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0276, 39.1582, 23.4827)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9F79 #79A7CD

analogous

#CD797D #CD9F79 #CDC979

triadic

#CD9F79 #79CD9F #9F79CD

tetradic

#CD9F79 #7DCD79 #79A7CD #C979CD

square

#CD9F79 #7DCD79 #79A7CD #C979CD

split-complementary

#CD9F79 #79CDC9 #797DCD

monochromatic

#946137 #BC7F4C #CD9F79 #DEBFA6 #EEDFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CD9F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CD9F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9F79

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9F79	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AC7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 159, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.075 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debba0',
    500: '#cd9f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9f79;
$custom-light: #debba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.143,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73612,
    "c": 0.07529,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9F79

secondary

#C2D2E0

accent

#79B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9F79

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

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