#CB9C40#CB9C40

#CB9C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.121 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9C40
RGB	rgb(203, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 8.08, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 53.79, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% 0.0184 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.121 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4447, 36.8462, 9.9893)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9C40 #406FCB

analogous

#CB5640 #CB9C40 #B5CB40

triadic

#CB9C40 #40CB9C #9C40CB

tetradic

#CB9C40 #40CB56 #406FCB #CB40B5

square

#CB9C40 #40CB56 #406FCB #CB40B5

split-complementary

#CB9C40 #40B5CB #5640CB

monochromatic

#72561F #A27A2C #CB9C40 #D8B570 #E5CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CB9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CB9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9C40

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9C40	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.121 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb979',
    500: '#cb9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9c40;
$custom-light: #dfb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9C40

secondary

#95AAD2

accent

#7BE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9C40

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

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