#CFA538#CFA538

#CFA538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.132 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA538
RGB	rgb(207, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, 4.57, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 59.56, 85.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% 0.007 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.132 87)
XYZ	xyz(39.9034, 40.4638, 9.4492)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA538 #3862CF

analogous

#CF5A38 #CFA538 #AECF38

triadic

#CFA538 #38CFA5 #A538CF

tetradic

#CFA538 #38CF5A #3862CF #CF38AE

square

#CFA538 #38CF5A #3862CF #CF38AE

split-complementary

#CFA538 #38AECF #5A38CF

monochromatic

#71591B #A38027 #CFA538 #DBBB69 #E7D29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CFA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#CFA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA538

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA538	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.132 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bf75',
    500: '#cfa538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa538;
$custom-light: #e2bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.40461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA538

secondary

#90A3D3

accent

#70E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA538

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

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