#CBA23B#CBA23B

#CBA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.127 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA23B
RGB	rgb(203, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 70.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, 4.58, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 57.06, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0076 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.127 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3406, 38.8555, 9.6173)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA23B #3B64CB

analogous

#CB5A3B #CBA23B #ACCB3B

triadic

#CBA23B #3BCBA2 #A23BCB

tetradic

#CBA23B #3BCB5A #3B64CB #CB3BAC

square

#CBA23B #3BCB5A #3B64CB #CB3BAC

split-complementary

#CBA23B #3BACCB #5A3BCB

monochromatic

#6E571D #9F7E2A #CBA23B #D8B96B #E5D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CBA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#CBA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA23B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA23B	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.127 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd77',
    500: '#cba23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba23b;
$custom-light: #dfbd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.917,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73144,
    "c": 0.12719,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA23B

secondary

#91A3D1

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA23B

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

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