#CB8A61#CB8A61

#CB8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.097 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8A61
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 20.29, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 37.80, 57.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% 0.059 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.097 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8768, 31.7394, 15.5437)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8A61 #61A2CB

analogous

#CB616D #CB8A61 #CBBF61

triadic

#CB8A61 #61CB8A #8A61CB

tetradic

#CB8A61 #6DCB61 #61A2CB #BF61CB

square

#CB8A61 #6DCB61 #61A2CB #BF61CB

split-complementary

#CB8A61 #61CBBF #616DCB

monochromatic

#864F2C #B46A3B #CB8A61 #DAAC8F #E9CEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CB8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CB8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8A61

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8A61	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.097 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac8e',
    500: '#cb8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8a61;
$custom-light: #deac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.208,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68969,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8A61

secondary

#AFC9D9

accent

#A4DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8A61

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

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