#CFAC36#CFAC36

#CFAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAC36
RGB	rgb(207, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, 0.75, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 61.90, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0042 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.137 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1528, 43.0393, 9.6292)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAC36 #3659CF

analogous

#CF5F36 #CFAC36 #A5CF36

triadic

#CFAC36 #36CFAC #AC36CF

tetradic

#CFAC36 #36CF5F #3659CF #CF36A5

square

#CFAC36 #36CF5F #3659CF #CF36A5

split-complementary

#CFAC36 #36A5CF #5F36CF

monochromatic

#705C1B #A18527 #CFAC36 #DBC067 #E7D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CFAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CFAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAC36

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAC36	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c475',
    500: '#cfac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfac36;
$custom-light: #e2c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAC36

secondary

#8F9ED2

accent

#68E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAC36

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

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