#CBA042#CBA042

#CBA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.121 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA042
RGB	rgb(203, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.2%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.19, 6.04, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.19, 53.72, 83.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% 0.0127 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.121 84)
XYZ	xyz(38.1850, 38.2340, 10.5219)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA042 #426DCB

analogous

#CB5C42 #CBA042 #B1CB42

triadic

#CBA042 #42CBA0 #A042CB

tetradic

#CBA042 #42CB5C #426DCB #CB42B1

square

#CBA042 #42CB5C #426DCB #CB42B1

split-complementary

#CBA042 #42B1CB #5C42CB

monochromatic

#735920 #A37E2D #CBA042 #D8B872 #E5D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CBA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CBA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA042

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA042	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.121 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7b',
    500: '#cba042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba042;
$custom-light: #dfbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.168,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.38231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA042

secondary

#97A9D2

accent

#78E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA042

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

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