#CFAD57#CFAD57

#CFAD57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.112 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD57
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 2.19, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 48.14, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% 0.004 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.112 88)
XYZ	xyz(42.3979, 43.8430, 15.2443)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD57 #5779CF

analogous

#CF7157 #CFAD57 #B5CF57

triadic

#CFAD57 #57CFAD #AD57CF

tetradic

#CFAD57 #57CF71 #5779CF #CF57B5

square

#CFAD57 #57CF71 #5779CF #CF57B5

split-complementary

#CFAD57 #57B5CF #7157CF

monochromatic

#856A26 #B59034 #CFAD57 #DDC487 #EADBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CFAD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD57

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD57	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.112 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c589',
    500: '#cfad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad57;
$custom-light: #e0c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76056,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.43841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD57

secondary

#A9B6D9

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD57

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

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