#CF9D40#CF9D40

#CF9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CF9D40
RGB	rgb(207, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.2%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, 9.28, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 54.81, 80.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0216 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.124 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7169, 37.7523, 10.0972)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CF9D40 #4072CF

analogous

#CF5540 #CF9D40 #B9CF40

triadic

#CF9D40 #40CF9D #9D40CF

tetradic

#CF9D40 #40CF55 #4072CF #CF40B9

square

#CF9D40 #40CF55 #4072CF #CF40B9

split-complementary

#CF9D40 #40B9CF #5540CF

monochromatic

#77581E #A87C2A #CF9D40 #DBB671 #E8CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CF9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CF9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CF9D40

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CF9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CF9D40	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E08E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cf9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2b979',
    500: '#cf9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cf9d40;
$custom-light: #e2b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cf9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72616,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CF9D40

secondary

#97ACD4

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CF9D40

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

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