#CFA255#CFA255

#CFA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.109 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA255
RGB	rgb(207, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(38, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 58.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 7.93, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 46.46, 80.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% 0.0205 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.109 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2942, 39.7645, 14.1456)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA255 #5582CF

analogous

#CF6555 #CFA255 #BFCF55

triadic

#CFA255 #55CFA2 #A255CF

tetradic

#CFA255 #55CF65 #5582CF #CF55BF

square

#CFA255 #55CF65 #5582CF #CF55BF

split-complementary

#CFA255 #55BFCF #6555CF

monochromatic

#846125 #B48433 #CFA255 #DCBC85 #EAD6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CFA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CFA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA255

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA255	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.109 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd87',
    500: '#cfa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa255;
$custom-light: #e1bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73831,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA255

secondary

#A7B9D9

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA255

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

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