#CB8838#CB8838

#CB8838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.125 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CB8838
RGBrgb(203, 136, 56)
HSLhsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(33, 72%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(62.16, 18.55, 51.53)
CIE-LCHlch(62.16, 54.77, 70.21°)
OKLaboklab(68.06% 0.048 0.115)
OKLCHoklch(68.06% 0.125 67.4)
XYZxyz(34.1491, 30.5934, 7.8472)
Luminance0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CB8838 #387BCB
analogous
#CB3E38 #CB8838 #C5CB38
triadic
#CB8838 #38CB88 #8838CB
tetradic
#CB8838 #38CB3E #387BCB #CB38C5
square
#CB8838 #38CB3E #387BCB #CB38C5
split-complementary
#CB8838 #38C5CB #3E38CB
monochromatic
#6C481C #9D6829 #CB8838 #D8A569 #E4C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95
#CB8838 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12
#CB8838 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8838
7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CB8838#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CB88381.002.957.127.12
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1221.001.001.00
##0000007.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8D2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DD7877
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cb8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.125 67.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa73',
    500: '#cb8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cb8838;
$custom-light: #e0aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cb8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.653,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68064,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CB8838
secondary
#8FADD0
accent
#8DE246
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#161008
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8838

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#CB8838 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva