#CBA159#CBA159

#CBA159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA159
RGB	rgb(203, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 7.09, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 43.54, 80.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0188 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.103 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1785, 38.9099, 14.8960)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA159 #5983CB

analogous

#CB6859 #CBA159 #BCCB59

triadic

#CBA159 #59CBA1 #A159CB

tetradic

#CBA159 #59CB68 #5983CB #CB59BC

square

#CBA159 #59CB68 #5983CB #CB59BC

split-complementary

#CBA159 #59BCCB #6859CB

monochromatic

#816028 #B08337 #CBA159 #DABB88 #E8D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CBA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#CBA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA159

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA159	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc8a',
    500: '#cba159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba159;
$custom-light: #debc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73269,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA159

secondary

#A9BAD7

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA159

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

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