#CFAA37#CFAA37

#CFAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAA37
RGB	rgb(207, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 1.86, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 61.05, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0009 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.135 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7988, 42.2932, 9.6282)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAA37 #375CCF

analogous

#CF5E37 #CFAA37 #A8CF37

triadic

#CFAA37 #37CFAA #AA37CF

tetradic

#CFAA37 #37CF5E #375CCF #CF37A8

square

#CFAA37 #37CF5E #375CCF #CF37A8

split-complementary

#CFAA37 #37A8CF #5E37CF

monochromatic

#715C1B #A28427 #CFAA37 #DBBF68 #E7D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CFAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CFAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAA37

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAA37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c275',
    500: '#cfaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfaa37;
$custom-light: #e2c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.395,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75138,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAA37

secondary

#8FA0D2

accent

#6BE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAA37

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

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