#CB8938#CB8938

#CB8938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8938
RGB	rgb(203, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 18.00, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 54.82, 70.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0464 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.125 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2906, 30.8764, 7.8944)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8938 #387ACB

analogous

#CB3F38 #CB8938 #C4CB38

triadic

#CB8938 #38CB89 #8938CB

tetradic

#CB8938 #38CB3F #387ACB #CB38C4

square

#CB8938 #38CB3F #387ACB #CB38C4

split-complementary

#CB8938 #38C4CB #3F38CB

monochromatic

#6C481C #9D6929 #CB8938 #D8A669 #E4C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CB8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CB8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8938

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8938	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)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab73',
    500: '#cb8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8938;
$custom-light: #e0ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68251,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8938

secondary

#8FACD0

accent

#8CE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8938

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

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