#CBA259#CBA259

#CBA259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA259
RGB	rgb(203, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, 6.55, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 43.75, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% 0.0172 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.104 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3540, 39.2608, 14.9545)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA259 #5982CB

analogous

#CB6959 #CBA259 #BBCB59

triadic

#CBA259 #59CBA2 #A259CB

tetradic

#CBA259 #59CB69 #5982CB #CB59BB

square

#CBA259 #59CB69 #5982CB #CB59BB

split-complementary

#CBA259 #59BBCB #6959CB

monochromatic

#816128 #B08437 #CBA259 #DABC88 #E8D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CBA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#CBA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA259

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA259	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd8a',
    500: '#cba259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba259;
$custom-light: #debd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.421,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.1035,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA259

secondary

#A9B9D7

accent

#80DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA259

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

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