#CFAA40#CFAA40

#CFAA40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAA40
RGB	rgb(207, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 2.31, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 57.50, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% 0.0014 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.129 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0345, 42.3875, 10.8698)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAA40 #4065CF

analogous

#CF6340 #CFAA40 #ACCF40

triadic

#CFAA40 #40CFAA #AA40CF

tetradic

#CFAA40 #40CF63 #4065CF #CF40AC

square

#CFAA40 #40CF63 #4065CF #CF40AC

split-complementary

#CFAA40 #40ACCF #6340CF

monochromatic

#77601E #A8872A #CFAA40 #DBC071 #E8D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CFAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CFAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAA40

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAA40	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c37a',
    500: '#cfaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfaa40;
$custom-light: #e2c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.476,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7521,
    "c": 0.12896,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAA40

secondary

#97A7D4

accent

#6EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAA40

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

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