#CFAE59#CFAE59

#CFAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE59
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 1.82, 47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 47.48, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0031 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.111 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6732, 44.2610, 15.7448)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE59 #597ACF

analogous

#CF7359 #CFAE59 #B5CF59

triadic

#CFAE59 #59CFAE #AE59CF

tetradic

#CFAE59 #59CF73 #597ACF #CF59B5

square

#CFAE59 #59CF73 #597ACF #CF59B5

split-complementary

#CFAE59 #59B5CF #7359CF

monochromatic

#876C27 #B69235 #CFAE59 #DDC588 #EADCB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CFAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#CFAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE59

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE59	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c58a',
    500: '#cfae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae59;
$custom-light: #e0c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.22,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76283,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE59

secondary

#AAB8D9

accent

#73DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE59

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

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