#CB9B38#CB9B38

#CB9B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9B38
RGB	rgb(203, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 8.21, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 56.90, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0177 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.126 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0661, 36.4274, 8.8196)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9B38 #3868CB

analogous

#CB5138 #CB9B38 #B2CB38

triadic

#CB9B38 #38CB9B #9B38CB

tetradic

#CB9B38 #38CB51 #3868CB #CB38B2

square

#CB9B38 #38CB51 #3868CB #CB38B2

split-complementary

#CB9B38 #38B2CB #5138CB

monochromatic

#6C521C #9D7729 #CB9B38 #D8B369 #E4CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CB9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CB9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9B38

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9B38	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb874',
    500: '#cb9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9b38;
$custom-light: #dfb874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9B38

secondary

#8FA4D0

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9B38

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

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