#CB8A38#CB8A38

#CB8A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.124 H 68.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8A38
RGB	rgb(203, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 17.45, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 54.88, 71.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% 0.0448 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.124 68.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4334, 31.1620, 7.9420)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8A38 #3879CB

analogous

#CB4038 #CB8A38 #C3CB38

triadic

#CB8A38 #38CB8A #8A38CB

tetradic

#CB8A38 #38CB40 #3879CB #CB38C3

square

#CB8A38 #38CB40 #3879CB #CB38C3

split-complementary

#CB8A38 #38C3CB #4038CB

monochromatic

#6C491C #9D6A29 #CB8A38 #D8A769 #E4C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CB8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CB8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8A38

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8A38	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.124 68.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac73',
    500: '#cb8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8a38;
$custom-light: #e0ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.469,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68438,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 68.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8A38

secondary

#8FACD0

accent

#8BE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8A38

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

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