#CDBE9C#CDBE9C

#CDBE9C is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.049 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBE9C
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 156)
HSL	hsl(42, 33%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(42, 24%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 23.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -0.08, 19.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 19.12, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0026 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.049 87)
XYZ	xyz(49.5912, 52.2075, 38.9107)
Luminance	0.5221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBE9C #9CABCD

analogous

#CDA59C #CDBE9C #C3CD9C

triadic

#CDBE9C #9CCDBE #BE9CCD

tetradic

#CDBE9C #9CCDA5 #9CABCD #CD9CC3

square

#CDBE9C #9CCDA5 #9CABCD #CD9CC3

split-complementary

#CDBE9C #9CC3CD #A59CCD

monochromatic

#9F8750 #B8A373 #CDBE9C #E2D9C5 #F5F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDBE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDBE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBE9C

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBE9C	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbe9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.049 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd1b9',
    500: '#cdbe9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbe9c;
$custom-light: #dcd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbe9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 32.886,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80525,
    "c": 0.04892,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.52206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBE9C

secondary

#6B7CA2

accent

#5DAC3A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBE9C

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

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