#CBA638#CBA638

#CBA638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA638
RGB	rgb(203, 166, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 2.29, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 59.15, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% 0.0007 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.131 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9808, 40.2569, 9.4578)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA638 #385DCB

analogous

#CB5C38 #CBA638 #A6CB38

triadic

#CBA638 #38CBA6 #A638CB

tetradic

#CBA638 #38CB5C #385DCB #CB38A6

square

#CBA638 #38CB5C #385DCB #CB38A6

split-complementary

#CBA638 #38A6CB #5C38CB

monochromatic

#6C581C #9D8029 #CBA638 #D8BC69 #E4D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CBA638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CBA638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA638

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA638	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 166, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc075',
    500: '#cba638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba638;
$custom-light: #dfc075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73929,
    "c": 0.13113,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA638

secondary

#8F9FD0

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA638

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

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