#CB9C24#CB9C24

#CB9C24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.137 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9C24
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(43, 70%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(43, 82%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 82.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, 6.88, 63.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 64.11, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0118 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.137 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8380, 36.6035, 6.7937)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9C24 #2453CB

analogous

#CB4924 #CB9C24 #A6CB24

triadic

#CB9C24 #24CB9C #9C24CB

tetradic

#CB9C24 #24CB49 #2453CB #CB24A6

square

#CB9C24 #24CB49 #2453CB #CB24A6

split-complementary

#CB9C24 #24A6CB #4924CB

monochromatic

#634C12 #97741B #CB9C24 #DFB64D #E9CB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CB9C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CB9C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9C24

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9C24	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.137 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b86a',
    500: '#cb9c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9c24;
$custom-light: #e0b86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.114,
    "s": 69.874,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71788,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9C24

secondary

#7A92D1

accent

#6DED3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9C24

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

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