#CB8973#CB8973

#CB8973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.088 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8973
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 43.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, 22.61, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 31.59, 44.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% 0.0678 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.088 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.6705, 31.8284, 20.4284)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8973 #73B5CB

analogous

#CB7389 #CB8973 #CBB573

triadic

#CB8973 #73CB89 #8973CB

tetradic

#CB8973 #89CB73 #73B5CB #B573CB

square

#CB8973 #89CB73 #73B5CB #B573CB

split-complementary

#CB8973 #73CBB5 #7389CB

monochromatic

#8F4B35 #BA6346 #CB8973 #DCAFA0 #ECD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CB8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CB8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8973

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8973	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99E72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.088 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddac9b',
    500: '#cb8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8973;
$custom-light: #ddac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69128,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8973

secondary

#BDD5DD

accent

#96B92C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8973

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

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