Sand Brown#CBA560

#CBA560 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.098 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Sand Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#CBA560
RGB	rgb(203, 165, 96)
HSL	hsl(39, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 52.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, 5.52, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 41.11, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.015 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.098 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1968, 40.4536, 16.7551)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA560 #6086CB

analogous

#CB6F60 #CBA560 #BBCB60

triadic

#CBA560 #60CBA5 #A560CB

tetradic

#CBA560 #60CB6F #6086CB #CB60BB

square

#CBA560 #60CB6F #6086CB #CB60BB

split-complementary

#CBA560 #60BBCB #6F60CB

monochromatic

#85652C #B3883B #CBA560 #DABF8E #E9D9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CBA560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CBA560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA560

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA560	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 165, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.098 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf8e',
    500: '#cba560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba560;
$custom-light: #ddbf8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.692,
    "s": 50.711,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74166,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA560

secondary

#AEBDD9

accent

#80DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA560

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

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