#CB9E40#CB9E40

#CB9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.122 H 82.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9E40
RGB	rgb(203, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 7.00, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 54.17, 82.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0153 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.122 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7831, 37.5230, 10.1021)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9E40 #406DCB

analogous

#CB5940 #CB9E40 #B2CB40

triadic

#CB9E40 #40CB9E #9E40CB

tetradic

#CB9E40 #40CB59 #406DCB #CB40B2

square

#CB9E40 #40CB59 #406DCB #CB40B2

split-complementary

#CB9E40 #40B2CB #5940CB

monochromatic

#72571F #A27C2C #CB9E40 #D8B670 #E5CFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CB9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CB9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9E40

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9E40	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.122 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba79',
    500: '#cb9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9e40;
$custom-light: #dfba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.576,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72387,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9E40

secondary

#95A9D2

accent

#79E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9E40

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

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