#CB9E37#CB9E37

#CB9E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.128 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9E37
RGB	rgb(203, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 6.54, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 57.84, 83.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0128 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.128 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5474, 37.4287, 8.8605)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9E37 #3764CB

analogous

#CB5437 #CB9E37 #AECB37

triadic

#CB9E37 #37CB9E #9E37CB

tetradic

#CB9E37 #37CB54 #3764CB #CB37AE

square

#CB9E37 #37CB54 #3764CB #CB37AE

split-complementary

#CB9E37 #37AECB #5437CB

monochromatic

#6C531C #9C7929 #CB9E37 #D8B668 #E4CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CB9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CB9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9E37

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9E37	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.128 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba74',
    500: '#cb9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9e37;
$custom-light: #dfba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7231,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9E37

secondary

#8EA2D0

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9E37

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

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