#CB8936#CB8936

#CB8936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8936
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 17.90, 52.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 55.61, 71.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0458 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.126 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2427, 30.8572, 7.6419)
Luminance	0.3085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8936 #3678CB

analogous

#CB3F36 #CB8936 #C2CB36

triadic

#CB8936 #36CB89 #8936CB

tetradic

#CB8936 #36CB3F #3678CB #CB36C2

square

#CB8936 #36CB3F #3678CB #CB36C2

split-complementary

#CB8936 #36C2CB #3F36CB

monochromatic

#6B481C #9C6828 #CB8936 #D8A667 #E4C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CB8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CB8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8936

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8936	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab72',
    500: '#cb8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8936;
$custom-light: #e0ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.423,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8936

secondary

#8DABD0

accent

#8BE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8936

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

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