#CFAB38#CFAB38

#CFAB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.135 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAB38
RGB	rgb(207, 171, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 1.37, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 60.91, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0022 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.135 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0111, 42.6792, 9.8184)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAB38 #385CCF

analogous

#CF6038 #CFAB38 #A8CF38

triadic

#CFAB38 #38CFAB #AB38CF

tetradic

#CFAB38 #38CF60 #385CCF #CF38A8

square

#CFAB38 #38CF60 #385CCF #CF38A8

split-complementary

#CFAB38 #38A8CF #6038CF

monochromatic

#715D1B #A38527 #CFAB38 #DBC069 #E7D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CFAB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CFAB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAB38

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAB38	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfab38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 171, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.135 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c376',
    500: '#cfab38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfab38;
$custom-light: #e2c376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfab38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAB38

secondary

#90A0D3

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAB38

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

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