#CFA138#CFA138

#CFA138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.130 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA138
RGB	rgb(207, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 6.72, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 58.76, 83.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% 0.0132 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.13 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.1932, 39.0434, 9.2125)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA138 #3866CF

analogous

#CF5638 #CFA138 #B2CF38

triadic

#CFA138 #38CFA1 #A138CF

tetradic

#CFA138 #38CF56 #3866CF #CF38B2

square

#CFA138 #38CF56 #3866CF #CF38B2

split-complementary

#CFA138 #38B2CF #5638CF

monochromatic

#71571B #A37D27 #CFA138 #DBB869 #E7D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CFA138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CFA138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA138

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA138	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.130 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bc75',
    500: '#cfa138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa138;
$custom-light: #e2bc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73338,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA138

secondary

#90A4D3

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA138

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

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