#CFAE51#CFAE51

#CFAE51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.118 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE51
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, 1.23, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 51.17, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0004 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.118 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3554, 44.1339, 14.0707)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE51 #5172CF

analogous

#CF6F51 #CFAE51 #B1CF51

triadic

#CFAE51 #51CFAE #AE51CF

tetradic

#CFAE51 #51CF6F #5172CF #CF51B1

square

#CFAE51 #51CF6F #5172CF #CF51B1

split-complementary

#CFAE51 #51B1CF #6F51CF

monochromatic

#826924 #B29031 #CFAE51 #DCC481 #E9DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#CFAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE51

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE51	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.118 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c585',
    500: '#cfae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae51;
$custom-light: #e1c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE51

secondary

#A4B2D8

accent

#70E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE51

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

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