#CFAD37#CFAD37

#CFAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD37
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 0.27, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 61.78, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0055 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.137 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.3676, 43.4308, 9.8178)
Luminance	0.4343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD37 #3759CF

analogous

#CF6137 #CFAD37 #A5CF37

triadic

#CFAD37 #37CFAD #AD37CF

tetradic

#CFAD37 #37CF61 #3759CF #CF37A5

square

#CFAD37 #37CF61 #3759CF #CF37A5

split-complementary

#CFAD37 #37A5CF #6137CF

monochromatic

#715D1B #A28627 #CFAD37 #DBC168 #E7D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CFAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD37

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD37	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c576',
    500: '#cfad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad37;
$custom-light: #e2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.579,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75748,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD37

secondary

#8F9ED2

accent

#67E443

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD37

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

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