#CB9935#CB9935

#CB9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.128 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9935
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 9.15, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 57.74, 80.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0201 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.128 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6648, 35.7388, 8.3347)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9935 #3567CB

analogous

#CB4E35 #CB9935 #B2CB35

triadic

#CB9935 #35CB99 #9935CB

tetradic

#CB9935 #35CB4E #3567CB #CB35B2

square

#CB9935 #35CB4E #3567CB #CB35B2

split-complementary

#CB9935 #35B2CB #4E35CB

monochromatic

#6A501B #9B7528 #CB9935 #D8B266 #E4CA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CB9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CB9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9935

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9935	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.128 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb673',
    500: '#cb9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9935;
$custom-light: #dfb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71303,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9935

secondary

#8CA3CF

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9935

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

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