#CBB8AE#CBB8AE

#CBB8AE is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.026 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBB8AE
RGB	rgb(203, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(21, 22%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(21, 14%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 14.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, 5.09, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 9.09, 55.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0168 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.026 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4087, 50.0345, 47.0910)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBB8AE #AEC1CB

analogous

#CBAEB3 #CBB8AE #CBC7AE

triadic

#CBB8AE #AECBB8 #B8AECB

tetradic

#CBB8AE #B3CBAE #AEC1CB #C7AECB

square

#CBB8AE #B3CBAE #AEC1CB #C7AECB

split-complementary

#CBB8AE #AECBC7 #AEB3CB

monochromatic

#9B7764 #B39789 #CBB8AE #E3D9D3 #F3EFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CBB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CBB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBB8AE

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBB8AE	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1B5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.026 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcdc6',
    500: '#cbb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbb8ae;
$custom-light: #dbcdc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.69,
    "s": 21.805,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79582,
    "c": 0.02591,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBB8AE

secondary

#7D94A0

accent

#81A045

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFAF9

border

#D4D3D2

text

#151313

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBB8AE

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

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