#CB8C38#CB8C38

#CB8C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8C38
RGB	rgb(203, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 16.36, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 55.02, 72.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0415 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.124 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7230, 31.7412, 8.0385)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8C38 #3877CB

analogous

#CB4238 #CB8C38 #C0CB38

triadic

#CB8C38 #38CB8C #8C38CB

tetradic

#CB8C38 #38CB42 #3877CB #CB38C0

square

#CB8C38 #38CB42 #3877CB #CB38C0

split-complementary

#CB8C38 #38C0CB #4238CB

monochromatic

#6C4A1C #9D6B29 #CB8C38 #D8A869 #E4C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CB8C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CB8C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8C38

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8C38	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad73',
    500: '#cb8c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8c38;
$custom-light: #e0ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68815,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8C38

secondary

#8FABD0

accent

#89E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8C38

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

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