#CFA542#CFA542

#CFA542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.125 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA542
RGB	rgb(207, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, 5.08, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 55.52, 84.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0097 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.125 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1729, 40.5716, 10.8684)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA542 #426CCF

analogous

#CF5E42 #CFA542 #B2CF42

triadic

#CFA542 #42CFA5 #A542CF

tetradic

#CFA542 #42CF5E #426CCF #CF42B2

square

#CFA542 #42CF5E #426CCF #CF42B2

split-complementary

#CFA542 #42B2CF #5E42CF

monochromatic

#785D1F #A9832B #CFA542 #DBBC73 #E8D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#CFA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#CFA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA542

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA542	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B8A436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.125 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2bf7b',
    500: '#cfa542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa542;
$custom-light: #e2bf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA542

secondary

#98AAD5

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA542

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

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