#CB9842#CB9842

#CB9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.119 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9842
RGB	rgb(203, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.1%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, 10.37, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 52.26, 78.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0253 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.119 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8425, 35.5490, 10.0744)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9842 #4275CB

analogous

#CB5342 #CB9842 #B9CB42

triadic

#CB9842 #42CB98 #9842CB

tetradic

#CB9842 #42CB53 #4275CB #CB42B9

square

#CB9842 #42CB53 #4275CB #CB42B9

split-complementary

#CB9842 #42B9CB #5342CB

monochromatic

#735420 #A3772D #CB9842 #D8B272 #E5CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CB9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#CB9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9842

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9842	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.119 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67a',
    500: '#cb9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9842;
$custom-light: #dfb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71222,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9842

secondary

#97ADD2

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9842

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

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