#CB9E42#CB9E42

#CB9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9E42
RGB	rgb(203, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 7.12, 52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 53.32, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0159 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.121 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8410, 37.5462, 10.4073)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9E42 #426FCB

analogous

#CB5A42 #CB9E42 #B3CB42

triadic

#CB9E42 #42CB9E #9E42CB

tetradic

#CB9E42 #42CB5A #426FCB #CB42B3

square

#CB9E42 #42CB5A #426FCB #CB42B3

split-complementary

#CB9E42 #42B3CB #5A42CB

monochromatic

#735820 #A37C2D #CB9E42 #D8B772 #E5CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CB9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CB9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9E42

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9E42	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba7b',
    500: '#cb9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9e42;
$custom-light: #dfba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72406,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9E42

secondary

#97AAD2

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9E42

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

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