#CBA138#CBA138

#CBA138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA138
RGB	rgb(203, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 4.97, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 58.04, 85.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0084 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.129 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0895, 38.4743, 9.1607)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA138 #3862CB

analogous

#CB5738 #CBA138 #ACCB38

triadic

#CBA138 #38CBA1 #A138CB

tetradic

#CBA138 #38CB57 #3862CB #CB38AC

square

#CBA138 #38CB57 #3862CB #CB38AC

split-complementary

#CBA138 #38ACCB #5738CB

monochromatic

#6C551C #9D7C29 #CBA138 #D8B869 #E4CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CBA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CBA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA138

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA138	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc75',
    500: '#cba138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba138;
$custom-light: #dfbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72918,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA138

secondary

#8FA1D0

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA138

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

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