#CFA540#CFA540

#CFA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.126 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA540
RGB	rgb(207, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, 4.97, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 56.35, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% 0.0091 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.126 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.1150, 40.5485, 10.5633)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA540 #406ACF

analogous

#CF5D40 #CFA540 #B1CF40

triadic

#CFA540 #40CFA5 #A540CF

tetradic

#CFA540 #40CF5D #406ACF #CF40B1

square

#CFA540 #40CF5D #406ACF #CF40B1

split-complementary

#CFA540 #40B1CF #5D40CF

monochromatic

#775D1E #A8832A #CFA540 #DBBC71 #E8D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CFA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#CFA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA540

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA540	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.126 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bf7a',
    500: '#cfa540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa540;
$custom-light: #e2bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA540

secondary

#97A9D4

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA540

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

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