#CB6838#CB6838

#CB6838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.140 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB6838
RGB	rgb(203, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, 35.71, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 56.60, 50.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0994 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.14 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2955, 22.8863, 6.5627)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB6838 #389BCB

analogous

#CB3851 #CB6838 #CBB238

triadic

#CB6838 #38CB68 #6838CB

tetradic

#CB6838 #51CB38 #389BCB #B238CB

square

#CB6838 #51CB38 #389BCB #B238CB

split-complementary

#CB6838 #38CBB2 #3851CB

monochromatic

#6C361C #9D4F29 #CB6838 #D88D69 #E4B299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CB6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#CB6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CB6838

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB6838	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.140 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19571',
    500: '#cb6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb6838;
$custom-light: #e19571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.592,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62504,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB6838

secondary

#8FBBD0

accent

#AFE246

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB6838

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

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