#CB8738#CB8738

#CB8738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.125 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8738
RGB	rgb(203, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 19.09, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 54.72, 69.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% 0.0496 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.125 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0089, 30.3131, 7.8005)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8738 #387CCB

analogous

#CB3D38 #CB8738 #C5CB38

triadic

#CB8738 #38CB87 #8738CB

tetradic

#CB8738 #38CB3D #387CCB #CB38C5

square

#CB8738 #38CB3D #387CCB #CB38C5

split-complementary

#CB8738 #38C5CB #3D38CB

monochromatic

#6C471C #9D6729 #CB8738 #D8A469 #E4C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#CB8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#CB8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8738

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8738	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.125 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa73',
    500: '#cb8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8738;
$custom-light: #e0aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.245,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67878,
    "c": 0.12478,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8738

secondary

#8FADD0

accent

#8EE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8738

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

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