#CB9840#CB9840

#CB9840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.120 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9840
RGB	rgb(203, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 10.25, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 53.11, 78.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0247 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.12 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7845, 35.5259, 9.7693)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9840 #4073CB

analogous

#CB5340 #CB9840 #B8CB40

triadic

#CB9840 #40CB98 #9840CB

tetradic

#CB9840 #40CB53 #4073CB #CB40B8

square

#CB9840 #40CB53 #4073CB #CB40B8

split-complementary

#CB9840 #40B8CB #5340CB

monochromatic

#72531F #A2772C #CB9840 #D8B270 #E5CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CB9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#CB9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9840

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9840	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.120 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb679',
    500: '#cb9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9840;
$custom-light: #dfb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.986,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71202,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9840

secondary

#95ABD2

accent

#80E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9840

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

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