#CB8A63#CB8A63

#CB8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.096 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8A63
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(23, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 51.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, 20.47, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 37.02, 56.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69% 0.0598 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.096 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9712, 31.7771, 16.0410)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8A63 #63A4CB

analogous

#CB6370 #CB8A63 #CBBE63

triadic

#CB8A63 #63CB8A #8A63CB

tetradic

#CB8A63 #70CB63 #63A4CB #BE63CB

square

#CB8A63 #70CB63 #63A4CB #BE63CB

split-complementary

#CB8A63 #63CBBE #6370CB

monochromatic

#874F2D #B5693C #CB8A63 #DAAC91 #EACFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CB8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CB8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8A63

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8A63	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)

#9C9060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.096 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac90',
    500: '#cb8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8a63;
$custom-light: #deac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69004,
    "c": 0.096,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8A63

secondary

#B1CAD9

accent

#A5DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8A63

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

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