#CBA535#CBA535

#CBA535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.132 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA535
RGB	rgb(203, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 73.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, 2.69, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 60.06, 87.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% 0.0015 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.132 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7286, 39.8663, 9.0226)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA535 #355BCB

analogous

#CB5A35 #CBA535 #A6CB35

triadic

#CBA535 #35CBA5 #A535CB

tetradic

#CBA535 #35CB5A #355BCB #CB35A6

square

#CBA535 #35CB5A #355BCB #CB35A6

split-complementary

#CBA535 #35A6CB #5A35CB

monochromatic

#6A561B #9B7E28 #CBA535 #D8BB66 #E4D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CBA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CBA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA535

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA535	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.132 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf74',
    500: '#cba535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba535;
$custom-light: #dfbf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 59.055,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73703,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA535

secondary

#8C9DCF

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA535

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

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