#CFAD38#CFAD38

#CFAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.136 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD38
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, 0.31, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 61.40, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0052 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.136 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3918, 43.4405, 9.9453)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD38 #385ACF

analogous

#CF6238 #CFAD38 #A6CF38

triadic

#CFAD38 #38CFAD #AD38CF

tetradic

#CFAD38 #38CF62 #385ACF #CF38A6

square

#CFAD38 #38CF62 #385ACF #CF38A6

split-complementary

#CFAD38 #38A6CF #6238CF

monochromatic

#715E1B #A38727 #CFAD38 #DBC169 #E7D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CFAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD38

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD38	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)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.136 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c576',
    500: '#cfad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad38;
$custom-light: #e2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD38

secondary

#909FD3

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD38

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

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