#CFAD35#CFAD35

#CFAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.138 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD35
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 0.18, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 62.51, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0059 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.138 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3206, 43.4120, 9.5704)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD35 #3557CF

analogous

#CF6035 #CFAD35 #A4CF35

triadic

#CFAD35 #35CFAD #AD35CF

tetradic

#CFAD35 #35CF60 #3557CF #CF35A4

square

#CFAD35 #35CF60 #3557CF #CF35A4

split-complementary

#CFAD35 #35A4CF #6035CF

monochromatic

#6F5C1A #A18626 #CFAD35 #DBC166 #E7D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CFAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD35

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD35	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)

#C0AA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.138 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c575',
    500: '#cfad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad35;
$custom-light: #e2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD35

secondary

#8E9DD2

accent

#67E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD35

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

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