#CB8942#CB8942

#CB8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.118 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8942
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, 18.54, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 50.72, 68.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0494 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.118 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5601, 30.9842, 9.3136)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8942 #4284CB

analogous

#CB4542 #CB8942 #C8CB42

triadic

#CB8942 #42CB89 #8942CB

tetradic

#CB8942 #42CB45 #4284CB #CB42C8

square

#CB8942 #42CB45 #4284CB #CB42C8

split-complementary

#CB8942 #42C8CB #4542CB

monochromatic

#734B20 #A36A2D #CB8942 #D8A772 #E5C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CB8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CB8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8942

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8942	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.118 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab79',
    500: '#cb8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8942;
$custom-light: #dfab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.095,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68351,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8942

secondary

#97B3D2

accent

#91E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8942

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

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