#CB9740#CB9740

#CB9740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.120 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9740
RGB	rgb(203, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 10.79, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 52.96, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% 0.0263 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.12 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6229, 35.2026, 9.7154)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9740 #4074CB

analogous

#CB5140 #CB9740 #BACB40

triadic

#CB9740 #40CB97 #9740CB

tetradic

#CB9740 #40CB51 #4074CB #CB40BA

square

#CB9740 #40CB51 #4074CB #CB40BA

split-complementary

#CB9740 #40BACB #5140CB

monochromatic

#72531F #A2762C #CB9740 #D8B170 #E5CBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CB9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#CB9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9740

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9740	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.120 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb579',
    500: '#cb9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9740;
$custom-light: #dfb579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71006,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9740

secondary

#95ACD2

accent

#81E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9740

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

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