#CB9F38#CB9F38

#CB9F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.128 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CB9F38
RGB	rgb(203, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, 6.05, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 57.64, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0115 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.128 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7428, 37.7809, 9.0452)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CB9F38 #3864CB

analogous

#CB5538 #CB9F38 #ADCB38

triadic

#CB9F38 #38CB9F #9F38CB

tetradic

#CB9F38 #38CB55 #3864CB #CB38AD

square

#CB9F38 #38CB55 #3864CB #CB38AD

split-complementary

#CB9F38 #38ADCB #5538CB

monochromatic

#6C541C #9D7A29 #CB9F38 #D8B669 #E4CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CB9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#CB9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CB9F38

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CB9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CB9F38	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cb9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.128 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb75',
    500: '#cb9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cb9f38;
$custom-light: #dfbb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cb9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CB9F38

secondary

#8FA2D0

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CB9F38

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

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