#CB9438#CB9438

#CB9438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.125 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9438
RGB	rgb(203, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.1%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 12.01, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 55.84, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.0288 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.125 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9347, 34.1647, 8.4425)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9438 #386FCB

analogous

#CB4A38 #CB9438 #B8CB38

triadic

#CB9438 #38CB94 #9438CB

tetradic

#CB9438 #38CB4A #386FCB #CB38B8

square

#CB9438 #38CB4A #386FCB #CB38B8

split-complementary

#CB9438 #38B8CB #4A38CB

monochromatic

#6C4E1C #9D7129 #CB9438 #D8AE69 #E4C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CB9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#CB9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9438

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9438	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.125 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb374',
    500: '#cb9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9438;
$custom-light: #dfb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70349,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9438

secondary

#8FA7D0

accent

#80E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9438

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

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