#CDAB99#CDAB99

#CDAB99 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.047 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB99
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 153)
HSL	hsl(21, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(21, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, 9.64, 13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 16.92, 55.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% 0.0307 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.047 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4900, 44.4066, 36.3059)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB99 #99BBCD

analogous

#CD99A1 #CDAB99 #CDC599

triadic

#CDAB99 #99CDAB #AB99CD

tetradic

#CDAB99 #A1CD99 #99BBCD #C599CD

square

#CDAB99 #A1CD99 #99BBCD #C599CD

split-complementary

#CDAB99 #99CDC5 #99A1CD

monochromatic

#9E694D #B98970 #CDAB99 #E1CDC2 #F5EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDAB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CDAB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB99

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB99	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.047 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc4b7',
    500: '#cdab99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab99;
$custom-light: #ddc4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76657,
    "c": 0.04721,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB99

secondary

#DAE3E8

accent

#85AD38

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FBF8F6

border

#D4D1D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB99

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

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