Cedar Chest `#C95A49`

Cedar Chest (#C95A49) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 31°, lightness 0.6 and chroma 0.145. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#C95A49`
RGB	`rgb(201, 90, 73)`
HSL	`hsl(8, 54%, 54%)`
HSV	`hsv(8, 64%, 79%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 55%, 64%, 21%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(52.1 43 31.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.603 0.145 31)`

How Cedar Chest behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cedar Chest is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ca5643 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #cd5a47 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #c95a49 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #ca5b4a — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Cedar Chest in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.16:1 and against black 5.04:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Cedar Chest

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffcac0 · #f69180 · #c95a49 · #a74132 · #7a1f13 · #4d0000

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#d89556 · #d37849 · #c95a49 · #b04956 · #933b5d · #76305e

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#ecb53d · #b69c6b · #c95a49 · #9e4436 · #7b291e · #3e2b00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffe1db · #00dcf8 · #c95a49 · #785852 · #673128 · #3d1d18

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e3f6f9 · #ae9692 · #c95a49 · #5d6a6c · #3a2420 · #000304

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f8 · #bdcdd1 · #8fa2a5 · #102b2f · #00080b · #c95a49

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d8f9ff · #1aafc5 · #c95a49 · #007484 · #003139 · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#d8f9ff · #2ab3a0 · #c95a49 · #006ea4 · #00332c · #000510

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#defbe3 · #62b176 · #c95a49 · #495eb9 · #161f66 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#edf7d7 · #92a750 · #c95a49 · #007484 · #36125c · #000305

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D67362 · #E38B7C · #EFA396 · #FBBBB0 · #FFD6CE

Shades

#AA4637 · #8B3326 · #6E2016 · #520D06 · #370000

Muted

#BC6556 · #AD6E63 · #9E766E

Using Cedar Chest

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.