#CBA251#CBA251

#CBA251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA251
RGB	rgb(203, 162, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, 5.94, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 47.48, 82.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0144 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.11 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.0361, 39.1337, 13.2805)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA251 #517ACB

analogous

#CB6551 #CBA251 #B7CB51

triadic

#CBA251 #51CBA2 #A251CB

tetradic

#CBA251 #51CB65 #517ACB #CB51B7

square

#CBA251 #51CB65 #517ACB #CB51B7

split-complementary

#CBA251 #51B7CB #6551CB

monochromatic

#7C5F25 #AC8333 #CBA251 #D9BB80 #E7D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CBA251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#CBA251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA251

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA251	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 162, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd84',
    500: '#cba251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba251;
$custom-light: #debd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73367,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA251

secondary

#A3B4D5

accent

#7CDD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA251

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

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