#CFAD3B#CFAD3B

#CFAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD3B
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 71.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, 0.46, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 60.25, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0045 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.134 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4674, 43.4707, 10.3434)
Luminance	0.4347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD3B #3B5DCF

analogous

#CF633B #CFAD3B #A7CF3B

triadic

#CFAD3B #3BCFAD #AD3BCF

tetradic

#CFAD3B #3BCF63 #3B5DCF #CF3BA7

square

#CFAD3B #3BCF63 #3B5DCF #CF3BA7

split-complementary

#CFAD3B #3BA7CF #633BCF

monochromatic

#735F1C #A58828 #CFAD3B #DBC26C #E7D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CFAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CFAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD3B

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD3B	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)

#C0AA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c578',
    500: '#cfad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad3b;
$custom-light: #e2c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD3B

secondary

#93A1D3

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD3B

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

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