#CBAD57#CBAD57

#CBAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.111 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD57
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 0.50, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 47.55, 89.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0007 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.111 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2942, 43.2739, 15.1926)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD57 #5775CB

analogous

#CB7357 #CBAD57 #AFCB57

triadic

#CBAD57 #57CBAD #AD57CB

tetradic

#CBAD57 #57CB73 #5775CB #CB57AF

square

#CBAD57 #57CB73 #5775CB #CB57AF

split-complementary

#CBAD57 #57AFCB #7357CB

monochromatic

#806928 #AF9036 #CBAD57 #D9C486 #E8DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CBAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CBAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD57

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD57	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)

#BDAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.111 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc589',
    500: '#cbad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad57;
$custom-light: #ddc589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.483,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75665,
    "c": 0.11117,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD57

secondary

#A7B3D7

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD57

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

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