#CFA831#CFA831

#CFA831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.137 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA831
RGB	rgb(207, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 76.3%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, 2.67, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 62.79, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% 0.0008 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.137 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2915, 41.4950, 8.7923)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA831 #3158CF

analogous

#CF5931 #CFA831 #A7CF31

triadic

#CFA831 #31CFA8 #A831CF

tetradic

#CFA831 #31CF59 #3158CF #CF31A7

square

#CFA831 #31CF59 #3158CF #CF31A7

split-complementary

#CFA831 #31A7CF #5931CF

monochromatic

#6C5819 #9E8025 #CFA831 #DBBD63 #E6D294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#CFA831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#CFA831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA831

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA831	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.137 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c172',
    500: '#cfa831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa831;
$custom-light: #e2c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 62.205,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74691,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA831

secondary

#8B9CD1

accent

#6BE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA831

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

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