#CB9940#CB9940

#CB9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.121 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9940
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 9.71, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 53.27, 79.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0231 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.121 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.9475, 35.8518, 9.8236)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9940 #4072CB

analogous

#CB5340 #CB9940 #B8CB40

triadic

#CB9940 #40CB99 #9940CB

tetradic

#CB9940 #40CB53 #4072CB #CB40B8

square

#CB9940 #40CB53 #4072CB #CB40B8

split-complementary

#CB9940 #40B8CB #5340CB

monochromatic

#72541F #A2772C #CB9940 #D8B370 #E5CCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CB9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CB9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9940

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9940	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.121 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb679',
    500: '#cb9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9940;
$custom-light: #dfb679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.417,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71398,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9940

secondary

#95ABD2

accent

#7EE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9940

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

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