#CBA856#CBA856

#CBA856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBA856
RGB	rgb(203, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 3.09, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 46.61, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% 0.0067 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.109 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3128, 41.3759, 14.6653)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBA856 #5679CB

analogous

#CB6E56 #CBA856 #B4CB56

triadic

#CBA856 #56CBA8 #A856CB

tetradic

#CBA856 #56CB6E #5679CB #CB56B4

square

#CBA856 #56CB6E #5679CB #CB56B4

split-complementary

#CBA856 #56B4CB #6E56CB

monochromatic

#7F6527 #AE8A36 #CBA856 #D9C085 #E8D8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CBA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#CBA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBA856

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBA856	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cba856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec188',
    500: '#cba856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cba856;
$custom-light: #dec188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cba856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.051,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74635,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBA856

secondary

#A6B5D6

accent

#77DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBA856

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

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