#CFA23D#CFA23D

#CFA23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA23D
RGB	rgb(207, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 70.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 6.42, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 56.96, 83.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% 0.013 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.127 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4971, 39.4457, 9.9474)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA23D #3D6ACF

analogous

#CF593D #CFA23D #B3CF3D

triadic

#CFA23D #3DCFA2 #A23DCF

tetradic

#CFA23D #3DCF59 #3D6ACF #CF3DB3

square

#CFA23D #3DCF59 #3D6ACF #CF3DB3

split-complementary

#CFA23D #3DB3CF #593DCF

monochromatic

#755A1D #A67F29 #CFA23D #DBBA6E #E7D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CFA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#CFA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA23D

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA23D	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bd78',
    500: '#cfa23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa23d;
$custom-light: #e2bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73578,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA23D

secondary

#94A8D4

accent

#75E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA23D

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

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