#CFAC38#CFAC38

#CFAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAC38
RGB	rgb(207, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.59, 0.84, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.59, 61.15, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0037 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.135 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2007, 43.0584, 9.8816)
Luminance	0.4306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAC38 #385BCF

analogous

#CF6138 #CFAC38 #A7CF38

triadic

#CFAC38 #38CFAC #AC38CF

tetradic

#CFAC38 #38CF61 #385BCF #CF38A7

square

#CFAC38 #38CF61 #385BCF #CF38A7

split-complementary

#CFAC38 #38A7CF #6138CF

monochromatic

#715D1B #A38627 #CFAC38 #DBC169 #E7D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CFAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#CFAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAC38

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAC38	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	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)

#BFAA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c476',
    500: '#cfac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfac38;
$custom-light: #e2c476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75552,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAC38

secondary

#90A0D3

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAC38

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

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