#CB8C42#CB8C42

#CB8C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.118 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8C42
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 16.90, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 50.90, 70.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0445 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.118 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9925, 31.8490, 9.4577)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8C42 #4281CB

analogous

#CB4842 #CB8C42 #C5CB42

triadic

#CB8C42 #42CB8C #8C42CB

tetradic

#CB8C42 #42CB48 #4281CB #CB42C5

square

#CB8C42 #42CB48 #4281CB #CB42C5

split-complementary

#CB8C42 #42C5CB #4842CB

monochromatic

#734D20 #A36D2D #CB8C42 #D8A972 #E5C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CB8C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CB8C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8C42

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8C42	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)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.118 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad79',
    500: '#cb8c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8c42;
$custom-light: #dfad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.409,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68914,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8C42

secondary

#97B2D2

accent

#8EE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8C42

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

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