#CB9C38#CB9C38

#CB9C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.127 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9C38
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.10, 7.67, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.10, 57.07, 82.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% 0.0162 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.127 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2332, 36.7616, 8.8753)
Luminance	0.3676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9C38 #3867CB

analogous

#CB5238 #CB9C38 #B1CB38

triadic

#CB9C38 #38CB9C #9C38CB

tetradic

#CB9C38 #38CB52 #3867CB #CB38B1

square

#CB9C38 #38CB52 #3867CB #CB38B1

split-complementary

#CB9C38 #38B1CB #5238CB

monochromatic

#6C531C #9D7829 #CB9C38 #D8B469 #E4CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB9C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.35

#CB9C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9C38

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9C38	1.00	2.51	8.35	8.35
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.127 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb875',
    500: '#cb9c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9c38;
$custom-light: #dfb875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7192,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9C38

secondary

#8FA4D0

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9C38

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

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