#CB8972#CB8972

#CB8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.088 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8972
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(16, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 43.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, 22.50, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 31.89, 45.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% 0.0674 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.088 40)
XYZ	xyz(36.6132, 31.8055, 20.1270)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8972 #72B4CB

analogous

#CB7287 #CB8972 #CBB672

triadic

#CB8972 #72CB89 #8972CB

tetradic

#CB8972 #87CB72 #72B4CB #B672CB

square

#CB8972 #87CB72 #72B4CB #B672CB

split-complementary

#CB8972 #72CBB6 #7287CB

monochromatic

#8E4C34 #BB6445 #CB8972 #DBAE9F #ECD4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CB8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CB8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8972

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8972	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.088 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddab9a',
    500: '#cb8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8972;
$custom-light: #ddab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.506,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69107,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.31803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8972

secondary

#BCD4DD

accent

#95B92C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8972

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

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