#CB9942#CB9942

#CB9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9942
RGB	rgb(203, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.6%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 9.82, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 52.42, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% 0.0237 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.119 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0055, 35.8750, 10.1287)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9942 #4274CB

analogous

#CB5442 #CB9942 #B8CB42

triadic

#CB9942 #42CB99 #9942CB

tetradic

#CB9942 #42CB54 #4274CB #CB42B8

square

#CB9942 #42CB54 #4274CB #CB42B8

split-complementary

#CB9942 #42B8CB #5442CB

monochromatic

#735520 #A3782D #CB9942 #D8B372 #E5CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CB9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CB9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9942

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9942	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)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67a',
    500: '#cb9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9942;
$custom-light: #dfb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.102,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71418,
    "c": 0.11916,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9942

secondary

#97ACD2

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9942

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

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