#CB9542#CB9542

#CB9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.118 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9542
RGB	rgb(203, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.6%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 12.00, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 51.82, 76.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0301 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.118 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3617, 34.5875, 9.9141)
Luminance	0.3458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9542 #4278CB

analogous

#CB5042 #CB9542 #BDCB42

triadic

#CB9542 #42CB95 #9542CB

tetradic

#CB9542 #42CB50 #4278CB #CB42BD

square

#CB9542 #42CB50 #4278CB #CB42BD

split-complementary

#CB9542 #42BDCB #5042CB

monochromatic

#735220 #A3742D #CB9542 #D8B072 #E5CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CB9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CB9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9542

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9542	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.118 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb47a',
    500: '#cb9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9542;
$custom-light: #dfb47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.35,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70637,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9542

secondary

#97AED2

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9542

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

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