#CBAE61#CBAE61

#CBAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.102 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBAE61
RGB	rgb(203, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(44, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 52.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 0.79, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 43.07, 88.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0013 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.102 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9239, 43.8337, 17.5594)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBAE61 #617ECB

analogous

#CB7961 #CBAE61 #B3CB61

triadic

#CBAE61 #61CBAE #AE61CB

tetradic

#CBAE61 #61CB79 #617ECB #CB61B3

square

#CBAE61 #61CB79 #617ECB #CB61B3

split-complementary

#CBAE61 #61B3CB #7961CB

monochromatic

#866D2C #B4933B #CBAE61 #DAC68F #E9DDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CBAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CBAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBAE61

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBAE61	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.102 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc68f',
    500: '#cbae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbae61;
$custom-light: #ddc68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.585,
    "s": 50.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBAE61

secondary

#AFBAD9

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBAE61

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

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