#CB8561#CB8561

#CB8561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.100 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8561
RGB	rgb(203, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.5%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 23.01, 30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 38.12, 52.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0672 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.1 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1759, 30.3376, 15.3101)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8561 #61A7CB

analogous

#CB6172 #CB8561 #CBBA61

triadic

#CB8561 #61CB85 #8561CB

tetradic

#CB8561 #72CB61 #61A7CB #BA61CB

square

#CB8561 #72CB61 #61A7CB #BA61CB

split-complementary

#CB8561 #61CBBA #6172CB

monochromatic

#864A2C #B4643B #CB8561 #DAA98F #E9CCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#CB8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#CB8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8561

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8561	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.100 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea98e',
    500: '#cb8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8561;
$custom-light: #dea98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.377,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68054,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8561

secondary

#AFCBD9

accent

#AADA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8561

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

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