#CFA851#CFA851

#CFA851 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.115 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA851
RGB	rgb(207, 168, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(41, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 4.42, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 49.62, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0097 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.115 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2220, 41.8672, 13.6929)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA851 #5178CF

analogous

#CF6951 #CFA851 #B7CF51

triadic

#CFA851 #51CFA8 #A851CF

tetradic

#CFA851 #51CF69 #5178CF #CF51B7

square

#CFA851 #51CF69 #5178CF #CF51B7

split-complementary

#CFA851 #51B7CF #6951CF

monochromatic

#826524 #B28A31 #CFA851 #DCC081 #E9D8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CFA851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#CFA851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA851

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA851	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 168, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.115 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c185',
    500: '#cfa851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa851;
$custom-light: #e1c185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.11481,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA851

secondary

#A4B4D8

accent

#77E048

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA851

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

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