#CB8D59#CB8D59

#CB8D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.102 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8D59
RGB	rgb(203, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.5%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 17.96, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 41.08, 64.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.051 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.102 60)
XYZ	xyz(35.9588, 32.4704, 13.8228)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8D59 #5997CB

analogous

#CB595E #CB8D59 #CBC659

triadic

#CB8D59 #59CB8D #8D59CB

tetradic

#CB8D59 #5ECB59 #5997CB #C659CB

square

#CB8D59 #5ECB59 #5997CB #C659CB

split-complementary

#CB8D59 #59CBC6 #595ECB

monochromatic

#815128 #B06E37 #CB8D59 #DAAD88 #E8CDB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CB8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#CB8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8D59

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8D59	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.102 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deae89',
    500: '#cb8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8d59;
$custom-light: #deae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.368,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69399,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.32468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8D59

secondary

#A9C2D7

accent

#9ADC4C

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8D59

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

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