#CBAD55#CBAD55

#CBAD55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.113 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD55
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, 0.35, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 48.48, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0014 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.113 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2137, 43.2417, 14.7682)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD55 #5573CB

analogous

#CB7255 #CBAD55 #AECB55

triadic

#CBAD55 #55CBAD #AD55CB

tetradic

#CBAD55 #55CB72 #5573CB #CB55AE

square

#CBAD55 #55CB72 #5573CB #CB55AE

split-complementary

#CBAD55 #55AECB #7255CB

monochromatic

#7F6827 #AE8F35 #CBAD55 #D9C484 #E8DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CBAD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD55

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD55	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.113 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec588',
    500: '#cbad55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad55;
$custom-light: #dec588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75641,
    "c": 0.11298,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD55

secondary

#A6B2D6

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD55

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

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