#CBA540#CBA540

#CBA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.125 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA540
RGB	rgb(203, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 3.24, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 55.68, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0044 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.125 88)
XYZ	xyz(39.0113, 39.9794, 10.5115)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA540 #4066CB

analogous

#CB5F40 #CBA540 #ACCB40

triadic

#CBA540 #40CBA5 #A540CB

tetradic

#CBA540 #40CB5F #4066CB #CB40AC

square

#CBA540 #40CB5F #4066CB #CB40AC

split-complementary

#CBA540 #40ACCB #5F40CB

monochromatic

#725B1F #A2822C #CBA540 #D8BC70 #E5D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CBA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CBA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA540

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA540	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.125 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf7a',
    500: '#cba540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba540;
$custom-light: #dfbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.39977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA540

secondary

#95A6D2

accent

#71E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA540

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

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