#CFA551#CFA551

#CFA551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.113 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA551
RGB	rgb(207, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(40, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 6.03, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 48.92, 82.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% 0.0144 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.113 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6746, 40.7723, 13.5105)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA551 #517BCF

analogous

#CF6651 #CFA551 #BACF51

triadic

#CFA551 #51CFA5 #A551CF

tetradic

#CFA551 #51CF66 #517BCF #CF51BA

square

#CFA551 #51CF66 #517BCF #CF51BA

split-complementary

#CFA551 #51BACF #6651CF

monochromatic

#826224 #B28731 #CFA551 #DCBE81 #E9D7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CFA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#CFA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA551

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA551	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.113 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1bf85',
    500: '#cfa551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa551;
$custom-light: #e1bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74377,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA551

secondary

#A4B5D8

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA551

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

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