#CB9856#CB9856

#CB9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9856
RGB	rgb(203, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, 11.73, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 43.35, 74.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% 0.032 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.103 72)
XYZ	xyz(37.5386, 35.8275, 13.7405)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9856 #5689CB

analogous

#CB5E56 #CB9856 #C4CB56

triadic

#CB9856 #56CB98 #9856CB

tetradic

#CB9856 #56CB5E #5689CB #CB56C4

square

#CB9856 #56CB5E #5689CB #CB56C4

split-complementary

#CB9856 #56C4CB #5E56CB

monochromatic

#7F5927 #AE7A36 #CB9856 #D9B585 #E8D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CB9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#CB9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9856

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9856	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb687',
    500: '#cb9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9856;
$custom-light: #deb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71458,
    "c": 0.10349,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.35825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9856

secondary

#A6BBD6

accent

#8BDC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9856

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

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