#CBAE59#CBAE59

#CBAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.110 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE59
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 0.13, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 46.90, 89.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.0015 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.11 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5696, 43.6920, 15.6931)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE59 #5976CB

analogous

#CB7559 #CBAE59 #AFCB59

triadic

#CBAE59 #59CBAE #AE59CB

tetradic

#CBAE59 #59CB75 #5976CB #CB59AF

square

#CBAE59 #59CB75 #5976CB #CB59AF

split-complementary

#CBAE59 #59AFCB #7559CB

monochromatic

#816B28 #B09137 #CBAE59 #DAC588 #E8DBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CBAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CBAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE59

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE59	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.110 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc58a',
    500: '#cbae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae59;
$custom-light: #ddc58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.737,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75894,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE59

secondary

#A9B5D7

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE59

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

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