#CD856E#CD856E

#CD856E is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.095 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD856E
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(15, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 46.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, 25.07, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 34.59, 43.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.0747 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.095 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.3807, 30.8829, 18.7937)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD856E #6EB6CD

analogous

#CD6E87 #CD856E #CDB56E

triadic

#CD856E #6ECD85 #856ECD

tetradic

#CD856E #87CD6E #6EB6CD #B56ECD

square

#CD856E #87CD6E #6EB6CD #B56ECD

split-complementary

#CD856E #6ECDB5 #6E87CD

monochromatic

#8F4831 #BD5F41 #CD856E #DDAB9C #ECD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#CD856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD856E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD856E	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.095 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa997',
    500: '#cd856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd856e;
$custom-light: #dfa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.526,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68537,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD856E

secondary

#BAD4DD

accent

#99BC29

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD856E

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

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