#CBAB59#CBAB59

#CBAB59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.108 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAB59
RGB	rgb(203, 171, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, 1.72, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 46.02, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0031 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.108 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9965, 42.5458, 15.5020)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAB59 #5979CB

analogous

#CB7259 #CBAB59 #B2CB59

triadic

#CBAB59 #59CBAB #AB59CB

tetradic

#CBAB59 #59CB72 #5979CB #CB59B2

square

#CBAB59 #59CB72 #5979CB #CB59B2

split-complementary

#CBAB59 #59B2CB #7259CB

monochromatic

#816828 #B08E37 #CBAB59 #DAC388 #E8DAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CBAB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CBAB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAB59

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAB59	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbab59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 171, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.108 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc38a',
    500: '#cbab59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbab59;
$custom-light: #ddc38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbab59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.158,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75282,
    "c": 0.10805,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAB59

secondary

#A9B6D7

accent

#74DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAB59

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

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