#CB8E38#CB8E38

#CB8E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.124 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB8E38
RGB	rgb(203, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, 15.27, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 55.18, 73.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% 0.0384 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.124 72)
XYZ	xyz(35.0179, 32.3310, 8.1368)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB8E38 #3875CB

analogous

#CB4438 #CB8E38 #BECB38

triadic

#CB8E38 #38CB8E #8E38CB

tetradic

#CB8E38 #38CB44 #3875CB #CB38BE

square

#CB8E38 #38CB44 #3875CB #CB38BE

split-complementary

#CB8E38 #38BECB #4438CB

monochromatic

#6C4B1C #9D6D29 #CB8E38 #D8AA69 #E4C599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CB8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#CB8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB8E38

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB8E38	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.124 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af73',
    500: '#cb8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb8e38;
$custom-light: #e0af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.102,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69195,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.32328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB8E38

secondary

#8FAAD0

accent

#87E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB8E38

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

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