#CBAD56#CBAD56

#CBAD56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.112 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD56
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 0.42, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 48.01, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.001 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.112 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2537, 43.2577, 14.9789)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD56 #5674CB

analogous

#CB7356 #CBAD56 #AFCB56

triadic

#CBAD56 #56CBAD #AD56CB

tetradic

#CBAD56 #56CB73 #5674CB #CB56AF

square

#CBAD56 #56CB73 #5674CB #CB56AF

split-complementary

#CBAD56 #56AFCB #7356CB

monochromatic

#7F6927 #AE8F36 #CBAD56 #D9C485 #E8DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CBAD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD56

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD56	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)

#BDAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.112 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec588',
    500: '#cbad56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad56;
$custom-light: #dec588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD56

secondary

#A6B3D6

accent

#71DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD56

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

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