#CFAA38#CFAA38

#CFAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.134 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAA38
RGB	rgb(207, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 1.91, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 60.67, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0007 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.134 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8230, 42.3029, 9.7557)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAA38 #385DCF

analogous

#CF5F38 #CFAA38 #A9CF38

triadic

#CFAA38 #38CFAA #AA38CF

tetradic

#CFAA38 #38CF5F #385DCF #CF38A9

square

#CFAA38 #38CF5F #385DCF #CF38A9

split-complementary

#CFAA38 #38A9CF #5F38CF

monochromatic

#715C1B #A38427 #CFAA38 #DBBF69 #E7D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CFAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CFAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAA38

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAA38	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)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.134 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c276',
    500: '#cfaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfaa38;
$custom-light: #e2c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75145,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAA38

secondary

#90A0D3

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAA38

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

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