#CFAD39#CFAD39

#CFAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD39
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 72.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, 0.36, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 61.02, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.005 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.135 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.4165, 43.4504, 10.0754)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD39 #395BCF

analogous

#CF6239 #CFAD39 #A6CF39

triadic

#CFAD39 #39CFAD #AD39CF

tetradic

#CFAD39 #39CF62 #395BCF #CF39A6

square

#CFAD39 #39CF62 #395BCF #CF39A6

split-complementary

#CFAD39 #39A6CF #6239CF

monochromatic

#725E1C #A38728 #CFAD39 #DBC16A #E7D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CFAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD39

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD39	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c577',
    500: '#cfad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad39;
$custom-light: #e2c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD39

secondary

#91A0D3

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD39

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

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