#CB9638#CB9638

#CB9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9638
RGB	rgb(203, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, 10.92, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 56.11, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.0256 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.125 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2511, 34.7975, 8.5479)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9638 #386DCB

analogous

#CB4C38 #CB9638 #B7CB38

triadic

#CB9638 #38CB96 #9638CB

tetradic

#CB9638 #38CB4C #386DCB #CB38B7

square

#CB9638 #38CB4C #386DCB #CB38B7

split-complementary

#CB9638 #38B7CB #4C38CB

monochromatic

#6C4F1C #9D7329 #CB9638 #D8B069 #E4C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CB9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#CB9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9638

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9638	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb474',
    500: '#cb9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9638;
$custom-light: #dfb474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70738,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9638

secondary

#8FA6D0

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9638

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

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