#D8856A#D8856A

#D8856A is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8856A
RGB	rgb(216, 133, 106)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 50.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.69, 29.05, 27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.69, 40.34, 43.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0856 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.11 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3104, 32.4181, 17.8199)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8856A #6ABDD8

analogous

#D86A86 #D8856A #D8BC6A

triadic

#D8856A #6AD885 #856AD8

tetradic

#D8856A #86D86A #6ABDD8 #BC6AD8

square

#D8856A #86D86A #6ABDD8 #BC6AD8

split-complementary

#D8856A #6AD8BC #6A86D8

monochromatic

#9E4629 #CB5D39 #D8856A #E5AD9B #F1D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#D8856A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#D8856A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8856A

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8856A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8856A	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)

#9A9068

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8856a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 133, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7a995',
    500: '#d8856a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8856a;
$custom-light: #e7a995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8856a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.727,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69788,
    "c": 0.10984,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8856A

secondary

#BBD9E3

accent

#9DC61F

background

#FEFAF9

surface

#FDF4F1

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8856A

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

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