#CD8973#CD8973

#CD8973 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.090 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8973
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.43, 23.41, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.43, 32.41, 43.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0701 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.09 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2188, 32.1111, 20.4541)
Luminance	0.3211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8973 #73B7CD

analogous

#CD738A #CD8973 #CDB673

triadic

#CD8973 #73CD89 #8973CD

tetradic

#CD8973 #8ACD73 #73B7CD #B673CD

square

#CD8973 #8ACD73 #73B7CD #B673CD

split-complementary

#CD8973 #73CDB6 #738ACD

monochromatic

#924B34 #BD6346 #CD8973 #DDAFA0 #EDD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#CD8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8973

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8973	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.090 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9b',
    500: '#cd8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8973;
$custom-light: #dfac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69359,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8973

secondary

#BED6DE

accent

#97BB2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8973

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

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