#CB9938#CB9938

#CB9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9938
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 9.29, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 56.56, 80.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0209 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.126 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7360, 35.7672, 8.7095)
Luminance	0.3576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9938 #386ACB

analogous

#CB4F38 #CB9938 #B3CB38

triadic

#CB9938 #38CB99 #9938CB

tetradic

#CB9938 #38CB4F #386ACB #CB38B3

square

#CB9938 #38CB4F #386ACB #CB38B3

split-complementary

#CB9938 #38B3CB #4F38CB

monochromatic

#6C511C #9D7529 #CB9938 #D8B269 #E4CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CB9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CB9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9938

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9938	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)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb674',
    500: '#cb9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9938;
$custom-light: #dfb674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71327,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9938

secondary

#8FA5D0

accent

#7BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9938

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

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