#CBAD59#CBAD59

#CBAD59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAD59
RGB	rgb(203, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 0.66, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 46.60, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.109 90)
XYZ	xyz(41.3771, 43.3070, 15.6289)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAD59 #5977CB

analogous

#CB7459 #CBAD59 #B0CB59

triadic

#CBAD59 #59CBAD #AD59CB

tetradic

#CBAD59 #59CB74 #5977CB #CB59B0

square

#CBAD59 #59CB74 #5977CB #CB59B0

split-complementary

#CBAD59 #59B0CB #7459CB

monochromatic

#816A28 #B09037 #CBAD59 #DAC488 #E8DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CBAD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CBAD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAD59

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAD59	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc58a',
    500: '#cbad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbad59;
$custom-light: #ddc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.43305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAD59

secondary

#A9B5D7

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAD59

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

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