#CD856F#CD856F

#CD856F is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.095 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD856F
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(14, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(14, 46%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 45.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, 25.17, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 34.30, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% 0.0751 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.095 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4355, 30.9048, 19.0821)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD856F #6FB7CD

analogous

#CD6F88 #CD856F #CDB46F

triadic

#CD856F #6FCD85 #856FCD

tetradic

#CD856F #88CD6F #6FB7CD #B46FCD

square

#CD856F #88CD6F #6FB7CD #B46FCD

split-complementary

#CD856F #6FCDB4 #6F88CD

monochromatic

#904832 #BD5F42 #CD856F #DDAB9C #EDD2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CD856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#CD856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD856F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD856F	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	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)

#978E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.095 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa998',
    500: '#cd856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd856f;
$custom-light: #dfa998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 48.454,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68557,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD856F

secondary

#BBD5DD

accent

#9ABC2A

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FCF4F2

border

#D5CECC

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD856F

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

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