#CB6238#CB6238

#CB6238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.145 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB6238
RGB	rgb(203, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 38.78, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 57.60, 47.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% 0.1088 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.145 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7129, 21.7211, 6.3685)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB6238 #38A1CB

analogous

#CB3857 #CB6238 #CBAC38

triadic

#CB6238 #38CB62 #6238CB

tetradic

#CB6238 #57CB38 #38A1CB #AC38CB

square

#CB6238 #57CB38 #38A1CB #AC38CB

split-complementary

#CB6238 #38CBAC #3857CB

monochromatic

#6C331C #9D4A29 #CB6238 #D88869 #E4AF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#CB6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#CB6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB6238

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB6238	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE4C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.145 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29170',
    500: '#cb6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb6238;
$custom-light: #e29170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61569,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB6238

secondary

#8FBDD0

accent

#B5E246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB6238

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

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