#CFA238#CFA238

#CFA238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA238
RGB	rgb(207, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 6.18, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 58.95, 83.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% 0.0116 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.13 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3687, 39.3943, 9.2709)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA238 #3865CF

analogous

#CF5738 #CFA238 #B1CF38

triadic

#CFA238 #38CFA2 #A238CF

tetradic

#CFA238 #38CF57 #3865CF #CF38B1

square

#CFA238 #38CF57 #3865CF #CF38B1

split-complementary

#CFA238 #38B1CF #5738CF

monochromatic

#71581B #A37E27 #CFA238 #DBB969 #E7D09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CFA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#CFA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA238

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA238	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bd75',
    500: '#cfa238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa238;
$custom-light: #e2bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA238

secondary

#90A4D3

accent

#73E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA238

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

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