#CB9538#CB9538

#CB9538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9538
RGB	rgb(203, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, 11.46, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 55.97, 78.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0272 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.125 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0923, 34.4797, 8.4950)
Luminance	0.3448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9538 #386ECB

analogous

#CB4B38 #CB9538 #B8CB38

triadic

#CB9538 #38CB95 #9538CB

tetradic

#CB9538 #38CB4B #386ECB #CB38B8

square

#CB9538 #38CB4B #386ECB #CB38B8

split-complementary

#CB9538 #38B8CB #4B38CB

monochromatic

#6C4F1C #9D7229 #CB9538 #D8AF69 #E4C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CB9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#CB9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9538

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9538	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb474',
    500: '#cb9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9538;
$custom-light: #dfb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70543,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9538

secondary

#8FA7D0

accent

#7FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9538

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

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