#CC8974#CC8974

#CC8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.088 H 38.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8974
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(14, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(14, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 43.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, 23.12, 21.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 31.71, 43.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% 0.0694 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.088 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0016, 31.9924, 20.7459)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8974 #74B7CC

analogous

#CC748B #CC8974 #CCB574

triadic

#CC8974 #74CC89 #8974CC

tetradic

#CC8974 #8BCC74 #74B7CC #B574CC

square

#CC8974 #8BCC74 #74B7CC #B574CC

split-complementary

#CC8974 #74CCB5 #748BCC

monochromatic

#914B35 #BC6347 #CC8974 #DCAFA1 #EDD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CC8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8974

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8974	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.088 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9c',
    500: '#cc8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8974;
$custom-light: #deac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.318,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69264,
    "c": 0.08822,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8974

secondary

#BED6DE

accent

#98BA2C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8974

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

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