#CB9937#CB9937

#CB9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9937
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 9.24, 56.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 56.96, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% 0.0206 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.126 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7118, 35.7575, 8.5820)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9937 #3769CB

analogous

#CB4F37 #CB9937 #B3CB37

triadic

#CB9937 #37CB99 #9937CB

tetradic

#CB9937 #37CB4F #3769CB #CB37B3

square

#CB9937 #37CB4F #3769CB #CB37B3

split-complementary

#CB9937 #37B3CB #4F37CB

monochromatic

#6C511C #9C7529 #CB9937 #D8B268 #E4CB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CB9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CB9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9937

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9937	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb674',
    500: '#cb9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9937;
$custom-light: #dfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.73,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71318,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9937

secondary

#8EA4D0

accent

#7BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9937

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

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