#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
RGB	rgb(203, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 18.55, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 54.77, 70.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.048 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.125 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1491, 30.5934, 7.8472)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CB8838	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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