#CDBEA9#CDBEA9

#CDBEA9 is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.033 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBEA9
RGB	rgb(205, 190, 169)
HSL	hsl(35, 26%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(35, 18%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.3%, 17.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 1.84, 12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 12.65, 81.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% 0.0079 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.033 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.7515, 52.6716, 45.0215)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBEA9 #A9B8CD

analogous

#CDACA9 #CDBEA9 #CACDA9

triadic

#CDBEA9 #A9CDBE #BEA9CD

tetradic

#CDBEA9 #A9CDAC #A9B8CD #CDA9CA

square

#CDBEA9 #A9CDAC #A9B8CD #CDA9CA

split-complementary

#CDBEA9 #A9CACD #ACA9CD

monochromatic

#9F835C #B6A182 #CDBEA9 #E3DBD0 #F4F0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDBEA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CDBEA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBEA9

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBEA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBEA9	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4BEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C1A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4BAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 190, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.033 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd1c2',
    500: '#cdbea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbea9;
$custom-light: #dcd1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 26.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80832,
    "c": 0.0334,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBEA9

secondary

#788AA2

accent

#6AA540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBEA9

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

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