#CFA23B#CFA23B

#CFA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA23B
RGB	rgb(207, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 71.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 6.32, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 57.77, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0124 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.129 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.4443, 39.4245, 9.6690)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA23B #3B68CF

analogous

#CF583B #CFA23B #B2CF3B

triadic

#CFA23B #3BCFA2 #A23BCF

tetradic

#CFA23B #3BCF58 #3B68CF #CF3BB2

square

#CFA23B #3BCF58 #3B68CF #CF3BB2

split-complementary

#CFA23B #3BB2CF #583BCF

monochromatic

#73591C #A57F28 #CFA23B #DBB96C #E7D19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CFA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#CFA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA23B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA23B	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#B6A22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bd77',
    500: '#cfa23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa23b;
$custom-light: #e2bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73561,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA23B

secondary

#93A6D3

accent

#75E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA23B

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

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