#CFAD34#CFAD34

#CFAD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD34
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 0.14, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 62.88, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0062 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.138 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2978, 43.4029, 9.4505)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD34 #3456CF

analogous

#CF5F34 #CFAD34 #A3CF34

triadic

#CFAD34 #34CFAD #AD34CF

tetradic

#CFAD34 #34CF5F #3456CF #CF34A3

square

#CFAD34 #34CF5F #3456CF #CF34A3

split-complementary

#CFAD34 #34A3CF #5F34CF

monochromatic

#6E5C1A #A08526 #CFAD34 #DBC165 #E6D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CFAD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD34

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD34	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c574',
    500: '#cfad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad34;
$custom-light: #e2c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 61.753,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75728,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD34

secondary

#8D9CD2

accent

#66E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD34

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

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