#CFAD3A#CFAD3A

#CFAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD3A
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 72%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 0.41, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 60.64, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0047 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.135 92)
XYZ	xyz(41.4417, 43.4605, 10.2081)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD3A #3A5CCF

analogous

#CF633A #CFAD3A #A6CF3A

triadic

#CFAD3A #3ACFAD #AD3ACF

tetradic

#CFAD3A #3ACF63 #3A5CCF #CF3AA6

square

#CFAD3A #3ACF63 #3A5CCF #CF3AA6

split-complementary

#CFAD3A #3AA6CF #633ACF

monochromatic

#735F1C #A48828 #CFAD3A #DBC16B #E7D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CFAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD3A

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD3A	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)

#C0AA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c577',
    500: '#cfad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad3a;
$custom-light: #e2c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.309,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75771,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.43458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD3A

secondary

#92A1D3

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD3A

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

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