#CB5E38#CB5E38

#CB5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.148 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB5E38
RGB	rgb(203, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, 40.79, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 58.35, 45.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.1149 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.148 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3480, 20.9912, 6.2469)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB5E38 #38A5CB

analogous

#CB385B #CB5E38 #CBA738

triadic

#CB5E38 #38CB5E #5E38CB

tetradic

#CB5E38 #5BCB38 #38A5CB #A738CB

square

#CB5E38 #5BCB38 #38A5CB #A738CB

split-complementary

#CB5E38 #38CBA7 #385BCB

monochromatic

#6C311C #9D4729 #CB5E38 #D88569 #E4AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#CB5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#CB5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB5E38

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB5E38	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.148 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e70',
    500: '#cb5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb5e38;
$custom-light: #e28e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.51,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60967,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB5E38

secondary

#8FBFD0

accent

#BAE246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB5E38

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

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