#CB9536#CB9536

#CB9536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9536
RGB	rgb(203, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 73.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, 11.37, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 56.76, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0267 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.126 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0443, 34.4606, 8.2425)
Luminance	0.3446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9536 #366CCB

analogous

#CB4A36 #CB9536 #B6CB36

triadic

#CB9536 #36CB95 #9536CB

tetradic

#CB9536 #36CB4A #366CCB #CB36B6

square

#CB9536 #36CB4A #366CCB #CB36B6

split-complementary

#CB9536 #36B6CB #4A36CB

monochromatic

#6B4E1C #9C7228 #CB9536 #D8AF67 #E4C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CB9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#CB9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9536

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9536	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)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b473',
    500: '#cb9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9536;
$custom-light: #e0b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70527,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9536

secondary

#8DA5D0

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9536

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

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