#CB8A42#CB8A42

#CB8A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.118 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8A42
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 17.99, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 50.77, 69.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% 0.0478 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.118 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7029, 31.2698, 9.3612)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8A42 #4283CB

analogous

#CB4642 #CB8A42 #C7CB42

triadic

#CB8A42 #42CB8A #8A42CB

tetradic

#CB8A42 #42CB46 #4283CB #CB42C7

square

#CB8A42 #42CB46 #4283CB #CB42C7

split-complementary

#CB8A42 #42C7CB #4642CB

monochromatic

#734B20 #A36B2D #CB8A42 #D8A872 #E5C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CB8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#CB8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8A42

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8A42	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.118 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac79',
    500: '#cb8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8a42;
$custom-light: #dfac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.533,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68538,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8A42

secondary

#97B3D2

accent

#90E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8A42

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

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