#CBA038#CBA038

#CBA038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.128 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA038
RGB	rgb(203, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 5.51, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 57.84, 84.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.01 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.128 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9155, 38.1262, 9.1027)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA038 #3863CB

analogous

#CB5638 #CBA038 #ACCB38

triadic

#CBA038 #38CBA0 #A038CB

tetradic

#CBA038 #38CB56 #3863CB #CB38AC

square

#CBA038 #38CB56 #3863CB #CB38AC

split-complementary

#CBA038 #38ACCB #5638CB

monochromatic

#6C551C #9D7B29 #CBA038 #D8B769 #E4CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CBA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CBA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA038

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA038	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.128 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb75',
    500: '#cba038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba038;
$custom-light: #dfbb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.449,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72718,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA038

secondary

#8FA2D0

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA038

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

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