#CB8A59#CB8A59

#CB8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.103 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8A59
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 19.60, 36.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 41.04, 61.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0559 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.103 57)
XYZ	xyz(35.5224, 31.5976, 13.6773)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8A59 #599ACB

analogous

#CB5961 #CB8A59 #CBC359

triadic

#CB8A59 #59CB8A #8A59CB

tetradic

#CB8A59 #61CB59 #599ACB #C359CB

square

#CB8A59 #61CB59 #599ACB #C359CB

split-complementary

#CB8A59 #59CBC3 #5961CB

monochromatic

#814F28 #B06B37 #CB8A59 #DAAB88 #E8CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CB8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CB8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8A59

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8A59	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.103 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac89',
    500: '#cb8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8a59;
$custom-light: #deac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.789,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68839,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.31595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8A59

secondary

#A9C3D7

accent

#9EDC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8A59

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

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