#CB9238#CB9238

#CB9238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.125 H 75.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9238
RGB	rgb(203, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, 13.09, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 55.59, 76.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.032 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.125 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6237, 33.5427, 8.3388)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9238 #3871CB

analogous

#CB4838 #CB9238 #BACB38

triadic

#CB9238 #38CB92 #9238CB

tetradic

#CB9238 #38CB48 #3871CB #CB38BA

square

#CB9238 #38CB48 #3871CB #CB38BA

split-complementary

#CB9238 #38BACB #4838CB

monochromatic

#6C4D1C #9D7029 #CB9238 #D8AD69 #E4C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CB9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#CB9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9238

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9238	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.125 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b174',
    500: '#cb9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9238;
$custom-light: #e0b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.735,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69962,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9238

secondary

#8FA8D0

accent

#82E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9238

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

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