#CB9535#CB9535

#CB9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.127 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9535
RGB	rgb(203, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, 11.32, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 57.15, 78.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% 0.0264 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.127 78)
XYZ	xyz(36.0211, 34.4513, 8.1201)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9535 #356BCB

analogous

#CB4A35 #CB9535 #B6CB35

triadic

#CB9535 #35CB95 #9535CB

tetradic

#CB9535 #35CB4A #356BCB #CB35B6

square

#CB9535 #35CB4A #356BCB #CB35B6

split-complementary

#CB9535 #35B6CB #4A35CB

monochromatic

#6A4E1B #9B7228 #CB9535 #D8AF66 #E4C896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CB9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#CB9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9535

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9535	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.127 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b372',
    500: '#cb9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9535;
$custom-light: #e0b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70519,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.34448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9535

secondary

#8CA5CF

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9535

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

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