#CF9540#CF9540

#CF9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.122 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF9540
RGB	rgb(207, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, 13.61, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 53.67, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0343 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.122 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4075, 35.1334, 9.6608)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF9540 #407ACF

analogous

#CF4D40 #CF9540 #C2CF40

triadic

#CF9540 #40CF95 #9540CF

tetradic

#CF9540 #40CF4D #407ACF #CF40C2

square

#CF9540 #40CF4D #407ACF #CF40C2

split-complementary

#CF9540 #40C2CF #4D40CF

monochromatic

#77531E #A8752A #CF9540 #DBB071 #E8CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CF9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CF9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CF9540

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF9540	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E18683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.122 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b479',
    500: '#cf9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf9540;
$custom-light: #e2b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.664,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71063,
    "c": 0.12211,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF9540

secondary

#97B0D4

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF9540

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

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