#CFAA3B#CFAA3B

#CFAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAA3B
RGB	rgb(207, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 2.05, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 59.51, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% 0.0001 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.132 90)
XYZ	xyz(40.8986, 42.3331, 10.1538)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAA3B #3B60CF

analogous

#CF603B #CFAA3B #AACF3B

triadic

#CFAA3B #3BCFAA #AA3BCF

tetradic

#CFAA3B #3BCF60 #3B60CF #CF3BAA

square

#CFAA3B #3BCF60 #3B60CF #CF3BAA

split-complementary

#CFAA3B #3BAACF #603BCF

monochromatic

#735E1C #A58528 #CFAA3B #DBBF6C #E7D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CFAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CFAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAA3B

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAA3B	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c278',
    500: '#cfaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfaa3b;
$custom-light: #e2c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75168,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.42331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAA3B

secondary

#93A3D3

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAA3B

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

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