#CFAB36#CFAB36

#CFAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAB36
RGB	rgb(207, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 1.28, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 61.66, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0027 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.136 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9632, 42.6601, 9.5660)
Luminance	0.4266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAB36 #365ACF

analogous

#CF5E36 #CFAB36 #A7CF36

triadic

#CFAB36 #36CFAB #AB36CF

tetradic

#CFAB36 #36CF5E #365ACF #CF36A7

square

#CFAB36 #36CF5E #365ACF #CF36A7

split-complementary

#CFAB36 #36A7CF #5E36CF

monochromatic

#705C1B #A18427 #CFAB36 #DBC067 #E7D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CFAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#CFAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAB36

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAB36	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c375',
    500: '#cfab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfab36;
$custom-light: #e2c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75334,
    "c": 0.13601,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAB36

secondary

#8F9FD2

accent

#69E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAB36

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

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