#CB8937#CB8937

#CB8937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8937
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 17.95, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 55.22, 71.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0461 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.125 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2664, 30.8667, 7.7669)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8937 #3779CB

analogous

#CB3F37 #CB8937 #C3CB37

triadic

#CB8937 #37CB89 #8937CB

tetradic

#CB8937 #37CB3F #3779CB #CB37C3

square

#CB8937 #37CB3F #3779CB #CB37C3

split-complementary

#CB8937 #37C3CB #3F37CB

monochromatic

#6C481C #9C6929 #CB8937 #D8A668 #E4C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CB8937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CB8937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8937

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8937	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)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab72',
    500: '#cb8937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8937;
$custom-light: #e0ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.243,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68242,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8937

secondary

#8EABD0

accent

#8BE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8937

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

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