#CBAB51#CBAB51

#CBAB51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB51
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, 1.12, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 49.76, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% 0.0004 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.115 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6786, 42.4186, 13.8280)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB51 #5171CB

analogous

#CB6E51 #CBAB51 #AECB51

triadic

#CBAB51 #51CBAB #AB51CB

tetradic

#CBAB51 #51CB6E #5171CB #CB51AE

square

#CBAB51 #51CB6E #5171CB #CB51AE

split-complementary

#CBAB51 #51AECB #6E51CB

monochromatic

#7C6625 #AC8C33 #CBAB51 #D9C280 #E7D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CBAB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CBAB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB51

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB51	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec385',
    500: '#cbab51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab51;
$custom-light: #dec385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75185,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB51

secondary

#A3B0D5

accent

#71DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB51

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

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