#CB7242#CB7242

#CB7242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.129 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB7242
RGB	rgb(203, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 30.98, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 51.61, 53.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% 0.0867 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.129 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6319, 25.1279, 8.3375)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB7242 #429BCB

analogous

#CB4256 #CB7242 #CBB642

triadic

#CB7242 #42CB72 #7242CB

tetradic

#CB7242 #56CB42 #429BCB #B642CB

square

#CB7242 #56CB42 #429BCB #B642CB

split-complementary

#CB7242 #42CBB6 #4256CB

monochromatic

#733D20 #A3562D #CB7242 #D89672 #E5BAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#CB7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#CB7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB7242

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB7242	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.129 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09b78',
    500: '#cb7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb7242;
$custom-light: #e09b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64259,
    "c": 0.12852,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB7242

secondary

#97BDD2

accent

#ABE048

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB7242

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

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