#CFAB37#CFAB37

#CFAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAB37
RGB	rgb(207, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 73.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 1.33, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.29, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0024 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.135 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.9869, 42.6696, 9.6909)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAB37 #375BCF

analogous

#CF5F37 #CFAB37 #A7CF37

triadic

#CFAB37 #37CFAB #AB37CF

tetradic

#CFAB37 #37CF5F #375BCF #CF37A7

square

#CFAB37 #37CF5F #375BCF #CF37A7

split-complementary

#CFAB37 #37A7CF #5F37CF

monochromatic

#715C1B #A28527 #CFAB37 #DBC068 #E7D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CFAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#CFAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAB37

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAB37	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)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c375',
    500: '#cfab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfab37;
$custom-light: #e2c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75341,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAB37

secondary

#8F9FD2

accent

#6AE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAB37

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

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