#CDA59E#CDA59E

#CDA59E is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.049 H 29.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA59E
RGB	rgb(205, 165, 158)
HSL	hsl(9, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(9, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 13.62, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 16.44, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0421 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.049 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8039, 42.3598, 38.1573)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA59E #9EC6CD

analogous

#CD9EAE #CDA59E #CDBC9E

triadic

#CDA59E #9ECDA5 #A59ECD

tetradic

#CDA59E #AECD9E #9EC6CD #BC9ECD

square

#CDA59E #AECD9E #9EC6CD #BC9ECD

split-complementary

#CDA59E #9ECDBC #9EAECD

monochromatic

#9F5D52 #B88076 #CDA59E #E2CAC6 #F5ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDA59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CDA59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA59E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA59E	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7A0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 165, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.049 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbfba',
    500: '#cda59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda59e;
$custom-light: #ddbfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.936,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75618,
    "c": 0.04852,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA59E

secondary

#DDE8EA

accent

#9AAB3B

background

#FDFBFB

surface

#FBF7F6

border

#D4D0D0

text

#151211

muted

#838180

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA59E

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

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