#CFAD3E#CFAD3E

#CFAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD3E
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 70%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, 0.61, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 59.07, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0037 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.132 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5474, 43.5028, 10.7650)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD3E #3E60CF

analogous

#CF643E #CFAD3E #A8CF3E

triadic

#CFAD3E #3ECFAD #AD3ECF

tetradic

#CFAD3E #3ECF64 #3E60CF #CF3EA8

square

#CFAD3E #3ECF64 #3E60CF #CF3EA8

split-complementary

#CFAD3E #3EA8CF #643ECF

monochromatic

#75611D #A68929 #CFAD3E #DBC26F #E7D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CFAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD3E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD3E	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c579',
    500: '#cfad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad3e;
$custom-light: #e2c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD3E

secondary

#95A4D4

accent

#6AE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD3E

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

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