#CFAA36#CFAA36

#CFAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAA36
RGB	rgb(207, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 1.81, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 61.43, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0011 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.135 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7750, 42.2837, 9.5032)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAA36 #365BCF

analogous

#CF5D36 #CFAA36 #A7CF36

triadic

#CFAA36 #36CFAA #AA36CF

tetradic

#CFAA36 #36CF5D #365BCF #CF36A7

square

#CFAA36 #36CF5D #365BCF #CF36A7

split-complementary

#CFAA36 #36A7CF #5D36CF

monochromatic

#705B1B #A18427 #CFAA36 #DBBF67 #E7D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CFAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CFAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAA36

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAA36	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c275',
    500: '#cfaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfaa36;
$custom-light: #e2c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75131,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAA36

secondary

#8F9FD2

accent

#6AE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAA36

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

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