#CB9A38#CB9A38

#CB9A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.126 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9A38
RGB	rgb(203, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 8.75, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 56.73, 81.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% 0.0193 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.126 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9004, 36.0959, 8.7643)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9A38 #3869CB

analogous

#CB5038 #CB9A38 #B2CB38

triadic

#CB9A38 #38CB9A #9A38CB

tetradic

#CB9A38 #38CB50 #3869CB #CB38B2

square

#CB9A38 #38CB50 #3869CB #CB38B2

split-complementary

#CB9A38 #38B2CB #5038CB

monochromatic

#6C521C #9D7629 #CB9A38 #D8B369 #E4CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CB9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CB9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9A38

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9A38	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.126 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb774',
    500: '#cb9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9a38;
$custom-light: #dfb774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9A38

secondary

#8FA5D0

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9A38

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

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