#CD9C8D#CD9C8D

#CD9C8D is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.063 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9C8D
RGB	rgb(205, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(14, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(14, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.9%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 16.15, 14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 21.99, 42.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0497 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.063 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8740, 38.6814, 30.4548)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9C8D #8DBECD

analogous

#CD8D9E #CD9C8D #CDBC8D

triadic

#CD9C8D #8DCD9C #9C8DCD

tetradic

#CD9C8D #9ECD8D #8DBECD #BC8DCD

square

#CD9C8D #9ECD8D #8DBECD #BC8DCD

split-complementary

#CD9C8D #8DCDBC #8D9ECD

monochromatic

#9B5944 #BA7762 #CD9C8D #E0C1B8 #F2E6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CD9C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#CD9C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9C8D

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9C8D	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.063 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ae',
    500: '#cd9c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9c8d;
$custom-light: #ddb9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.063,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73472,
    "c": 0.0628,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9C8D

secondary

#D1E0E5

accent

#94B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9C8D

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

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