#CFA042#CFA042

#CFA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA042
RGB	rgb(207, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 7.77, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 54.50, 81.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.0175 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.123 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2886, 38.8031, 10.5736)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA042 #4271CF

analogous

#CF5942 #CFA042 #B7CF42

triadic

#CFA042 #42CFA0 #A042CF

tetradic

#CFA042 #42CF59 #4271CF #CF42B7

square

#CFA042 #42CF59 #4271CF #CF42B7

split-complementary

#CFA042 #42B7CF #5942CF

monochromatic

#785A1F #A97F2B #CFA042 #DBB973 #E8D1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CFA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#CFA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA042

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA042	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bb7b',
    500: '#cfa042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa042;
$custom-light: #e2bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73226,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA042

secondary

#98ACD5

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA042

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

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