#CBA537#CBA537

#CBA537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA537
RGB	rgb(203, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 72.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 2.78, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 59.30, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% 0.002 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.131 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7756, 39.8851, 9.2699)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA537 #375DCB

analogous

#CB5B37 #CBA537 #A7CB37

triadic

#CBA537 #37CBA5 #A537CB

tetradic

#CBA537 #37CB5B #375DCB #CB37A7

square

#CBA537 #37CB5B #375DCB #CB37A7

split-complementary

#CBA537 #37A7CB #5B37CB

monochromatic

#6C571C #9C7F29 #CBA537 #D8BB68 #E4D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CBA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CBA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA537

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA537	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf75',
    500: '#cba537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba537;
$custom-light: #dfbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA537

secondary

#8E9FD0

accent

#6EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA537

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

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