#CB8949#CB8949

#CB8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.114 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8949
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, 18.97, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 47.77, 66.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0517 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.114 63)
XYZ	xyz(34.7792, 31.0719, 10.4678)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8949 #498BCB

analogous

#CB494A #CB8949 #CBCA49

triadic

#CB8949 #49CB89 #8949CB

tetradic

#CB8949 #4ACB49 #498BCB #CA49CB

square

#CB8949 #4ACB49 #498BCB #CA49CB

split-complementary

#CB8949 #49CBCA #494ACB

monochromatic

#774C22 #A76A30 #CB8949 #D9A879 #E6C7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CB8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#CB8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8949

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8949	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.114 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab7e',
    500: '#cb8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8949;
$custom-light: #dfab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.538,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68432,
    "c": 0.11386,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.31069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8949

secondary

#9CB8D4

accent

#95DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8949

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

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