#CFA937#CFA937

#CFA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFA937
RGB	rgb(207, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, 2.39, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 60.82, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% 0.0006 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.134 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6120, 41.9197, 9.5659)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFA937 #375DCF

analogous

#CF5D37 #CFA937 #A9CF37

triadic

#CFA937 #37CFA9 #A937CF

tetradic

#CFA937 #37CF5D #375DCF #CF37A9

square

#CFA937 #37CF5D #375DCF #CF37A9

split-complementary

#CFA937 #37A9CF #5D37CF

monochromatic

#715B1B #A28327 #CFA937 #DBBE68 #E7D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CFA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#CFA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFA937

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFA937	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfa937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c275',
    500: '#cfa937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfa937;
$custom-light: #e2c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfa937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74935,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFA937

secondary

#8FA0D2

accent

#6CE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFA937

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

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