#CFAD40#CFAD40

#CFAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD40
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 0.71, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 58.26, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0032 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.131 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6033, 43.5251, 11.0594)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD40 #4062CF

analogous

#CF6540 #CFAD40 #AACF40

triadic

#CFAD40 #40CFAD #AD40CF

tetradic

#CFAD40 #40CF65 #4062CF #CF40AA

square

#CFAD40 #40CF65 #4062CF #CF40AA

split-complementary

#CFAD40 #40AACF #6540CF

monochromatic

#77621E #A88A2A #CFAD40 #DBC271 #E8D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CFAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD40

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD40	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)

#C0AB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#cfad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad40;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75819,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD40

secondary

#97A5D4

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD40

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

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