#CB8542#CB8542

#CB8542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.119 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8542
RGB	rgb(203, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 20.72, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 50.60, 65.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.61% 0.0559 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.61% 0.119 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0020, 29.8680, 9.1276)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8542 #4288CB

analogous

#CB4244 #CB8542 #CBC942

triadic

#CB8542 #42CB85 #8542CB

tetradic

#CB8542 #44CB42 #4288CB #C942CB

square

#CB8542 #44CB42 #4288CB #C942CB

split-complementary

#CB8542 #42CBC9 #4244CB

monochromatic

#734820 #A3672D #CB8542 #D8A472 #E5C3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#CB8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#CB8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8542

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8542	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.119 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a879',
    500: '#cb8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8542;
$custom-light: #e0a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.343,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6761,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8542

secondary

#97B5D2

accent

#96E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8542

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

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