#CDB899#CDB899

#CDB899 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.048 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB899
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(36, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, 2.67, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 18.69, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% 0.0105 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.048 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0674, 49.5614, 37.1651)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB899 #99AECD

analogous

#CD9E99 #CDB899 #C8CD99

triadic

#CDB899 #99CDB8 #B899CD

tetradic

#CDB899 #99CD9E #99AECD #CD99C8

square

#CDB899 #99CD9E #99AECD #CD99C8

split-complementary

#CDB899 #99C8CD #9E99CD

monochromatic

#9E7E4D #B99B70 #CDB899 #E1D5C2 #F5F1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDB899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#CDB899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB899

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB899	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.048 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dccdb7',
    500: '#cdb899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb899;
$custom-light: #dccdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79242,
    "c": 0.04845,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB899

secondary

#DAE0E8

accent

#68AD38

background

#FDFCFB

surface

#FBF9F6

border

#D4D2D0

text

#151311

muted

#838280

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB899

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

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