#CFA242#CFA242

#CFA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.124 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA242
RGB	rgb(207, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 6.69, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 54.89, 83.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0144 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.124 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6381, 39.5021, 10.6901)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA242 #426FCF

analogous

#CF5B42 #CFA242 #B5CF42

triadic

#CFA242 #42CFA2 #A242CF

tetradic

#CFA242 #42CF5B #426FCF #CF42B5

square

#CFA242 #42CF5B #426FCF #CF42B5

split-complementary

#CFA242 #42B5CF #5B42CF

monochromatic

#785C1F #A9812B #CFA242 #DBBA73 #E8D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CFA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#CFA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA242

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA242	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.124 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bd7b',
    500: '#cfa242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa242;
$custom-light: #e2bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.851,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73622,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA242

secondary

#98ABD5

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA242

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

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