#CD8A74#CD8A74

#CD8A74 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.089 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A74
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 22.97, 22.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 31.94, 44.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% 0.0689 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.089 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4194, 32.4198, 20.8064)
Luminance	0.3242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A74 #74B7CD

analogous

#CD748B #CD8A74 #CDB674

triadic

#CD8A74 #74CD8A #8A74CD

tetradic

#CD8A74 #8BCD74 #74B7CD #B674CD

square

#CD8A74 #8BCD74 #74B7CD #B674CD

split-complementary

#CD8A74 #74CDB6 #748BCD

monochromatic

#924C35 #BD6447 #CD8A74 #DDB0A1 #EDD6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CD8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#CD8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A74

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A74	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA073

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.089 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac9c',
    500: '#cd8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a74;
$custom-light: #dfac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.831,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69562,
    "c": 0.08857,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A74

secondary

#BED6DE

accent

#97BA2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A74

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

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