#CB9879#CB9879

#CB9879 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.075 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9879
RGB	rgb(203, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 15.08, 23.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 28.13, 57.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0457 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.075 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.3095, 36.5358, 23.0671)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9879 #79ACCB

analogous

#CB7983 #CB9879 #CBC179

triadic

#CB9879 #79CB98 #9879CB

tetradic

#CB9879 #83CB79 #79ACCB #C179CB

square

#CB9879 #83CB79 #79ACCB #C179CB

split-complementary

#CB9879 #79CBC1 #7983CB

monochromatic

#915A38 #BA764D #CB9879 #DCBAA5 #EDDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CB9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CB9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9879

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9879	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69C77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.075 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb6a0',
    500: '#cb9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9879;
$custom-light: #dcb6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.683,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72054,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9879

secondary

#C1D3DE

accent

#83B72E

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9879

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

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