#CBA538#CBA538

#CBA538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA538
RGB	rgb(203, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 2.83, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 58.91, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0022 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.131 89)
XYZ	xyz(38.7998, 39.8948, 9.3975)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA538 #385ECB

analogous

#CB5B38 #CBA538 #A7CB38

triadic

#CBA538 #38CBA5 #A538CB

tetradic

#CBA538 #38CB5B #385ECB #CB38A7

square

#CBA538 #38CB5B #385ECB #CB38A7

split-complementary

#CBA538 #38A7CB #5B38CB

monochromatic

#6C581C #9D7F29 #CBA538 #D8BB69 #E4D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CBA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CBA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA538

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA538	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)

#B8A328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf75',
    500: '#cba538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba538;
$custom-light: #dfbf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73726,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.39892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA538

secondary

#8FA0D0

accent

#6EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA538

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

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