#CFAD36#CFAD36

#CFAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD36
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, 0.22, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 62.15, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0057 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.137 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3438, 43.4213, 9.6928)
Luminance	0.4342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD36 #3658CF

analogous

#CF6036 #CFAD36 #A4CF36

triadic

#CFAD36 #36CFAD #AD36CF

tetradic

#CFAD36 #36CF60 #3658CF #CF36A4

square

#CFAD36 #36CF60 #3658CF #CF36A4

split-complementary

#CFAD36 #36A4CF #6036CF

monochromatic

#705D1B #A18627 #CFAD36 #DBC167 #E7D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CFAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD36

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD36	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)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c575',
    500: '#cfad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad36;
$custom-light: #e2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75741,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD36

secondary

#8F9ED2

accent

#67E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD36

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

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