#CFA257#CFA257

#CFA257 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.107 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA257
RGB	rgb(207, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, 8.08, 44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 45.54, 79.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0212 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.107 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.3748, 39.7968, 14.5700)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA257 #5784CF

analogous

#CF6657 #CFA257 #C0CF57

triadic

#CFA257 #57CFA2 #A257CF

tetradic

#CFA257 #57CF66 #5784CF #CF57C0

square

#CFA257 #57CF66 #5784CF #CF57C0

split-complementary

#CFA257 #57C0CF #6657CF

monochromatic

#856226 #B58534 #CFA257 #DDBC87 #EAD7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CFA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#CFA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA257

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA257	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.107 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bd88',
    500: '#cfa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa257;
$custom-light: #e1bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73856,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA257

secondary

#A9BBD9

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA257

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

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