#CB9857#CB9857

#CB9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9857
RGB	rgb(203, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 11.80, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 42.89, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% 0.0324 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.103 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5792, 35.8437, 13.9542)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9857 #578ACB

analogous

#CB5E57 #CB9857 #C4CB57

triadic

#CB9857 #57CB98 #9857CB

tetradic

#CB9857 #57CB5E #578ACB #CB57C4

square

#CB9857 #57CB5E #578ACB #CB57C4

split-complementary

#CB9857 #57C4CB #5E57CB

monochromatic

#805928 #AF7A36 #CB9857 #D9B586 #E8D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CB9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CB9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9857

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9857	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb688',
    500: '#cb9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9857;
$custom-light: #deb688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.621,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71472,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9857

secondary

#A7BCD7

accent

#8BDC4C

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9857

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

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