#CB9972#CB9972

#CB9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.080 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9972
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 43.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, 13.76, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 30.97, 63.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.0413 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.08 59)
XYZ	xyz(39.0587, 36.6963, 20.9422)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9972 #72A4CB

analogous

#CB7278 #CB9972 #CBC672

triadic

#CB9972 #72CB99 #9972CB

tetradic

#CB9972 #78CB72 #72A4CB #C672CB

square

#CB9972 #78CB72 #72A4CB #C672CB

split-complementary

#CB9972 #72CBC6 #7278CB

monochromatic

#8E5C34 #BB7945 #CB9972 #DBB99F #ECDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CB9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#CB9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9972

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9972	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.080 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb79b',
    500: '#cb9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9972;
$custom-light: #ddb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.292,
    "s": 46.114,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72108,
    "c": 0.08012,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.36694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9972

secondary

#BCCEDD

accent

#7BB92C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9972

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

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