#CB9D40#CB9D40

#CB9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.122 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9D40
RGB	rgb(203, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 7.54, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 53.98, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0168 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.122 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6132, 37.1832, 10.0455)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9D40 #406ECB

analogous

#CB5840 #CB9D40 #B4CB40

triadic

#CB9D40 #40CB9D #9D40CB

tetradic

#CB9D40 #40CB58 #406ECB #CB40B4

square

#CB9D40 #40CB58 #406ECB #CB40B4

split-complementary

#CB9D40 #40B4CB #5840CB

monochromatic

#72561F #A27B2C #CB9D40 #D8B670 #E5CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CB9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CB9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9D40

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9D40	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.122 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb979',
    500: '#cb9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9d40;
$custom-light: #dfb979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72188,
    "c": 0.12176,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9D40

secondary

#95A9D2

accent

#7AE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9D40

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

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