#CD8974#CD8974

#CD8974 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.089 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8974
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(14, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(14, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, 23.52, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 32.12, 42.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% 0.0705 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.089 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2766, 32.1342, 20.7588)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8974 #74B8CD

analogous

#CD748B #CD8974 #CDB574

triadic

#CD8974 #74CD89 #8974CD

tetradic

#CD8974 #8BCD74 #74B8CD #B574CD

square

#CD8974 #8BCD74 #74B8CD #B574CD

split-complementary

#CD8974 #74CDB5 #748BCD

monochromatic

#924B35 #BD6347 #CD8974 #DDAFA1 #EDD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CD8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CD8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8974

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8974	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.089 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9c',
    500: '#cd8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8974;
$custom-light: #dfac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.157,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6938,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8974

secondary

#BED7DE

accent

#99BA2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8974

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

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