#CB9235#CB9235

#CB9235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9235
RGB	rgb(203, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 12.95, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 56.78, 76.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% 0.0312 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.126 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5525, 33.5142, 7.9639)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9235 #356ECB

analogous

#CB4735 #CB9235 #B9CB35

triadic

#CB9235 #35CB92 #9235CB

tetradic

#CB9235 #35CB47 #356ECB #CB35B9

square

#CB9235 #35CB47 #356ECB #CB35B9

split-complementary

#CB9235 #35B9CB #4735CB

monochromatic

#6A4C1B #9B6F28 #CB9235 #D8AC66 #E4C796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CB9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CB9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9235

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9235	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b172',
    500: '#cb9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9235;
$custom-light: #e0b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.2,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69937,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9235

secondary

#8CA6CF

accent

#81E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9235

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

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