#CB9C8A#CB9C8A

#CB9C8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.062 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9C8A
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(17, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(17, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 32%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 14.97, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 22.05, 47.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0462 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.062 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1055, 38.3106, 29.2694)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9C8A #8AB9CB

analogous

#CB8A99 #CB9C8A #CBBD8A

triadic

#CB9C8A #8ACB9C #9C8ACB

tetradic

#CB9C8A #99CB8A #8AB9CB #BD8ACB

square

#CB9C8A #99CB8A #8AB9CB #BD8ACB

split-complementary

#CB9C8A #8ACBBD #8A99CB

monochromatic

#975B43 #B87860 #CB9C8A #DEC0B4 #F1E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CB9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CB9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9C8A

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9C8A	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.062 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcb9ac',
    500: '#cb9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9c8a;
$custom-light: #dcb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.615,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.06207,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9C8A

secondary

#CEDDE3

accent

#8FB134

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9C8A

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

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