#CFAD41#CFAD41

#CFAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD41
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, 0.77, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 57.85, 89.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0029 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.13 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6320, 43.5366, 11.2106)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD41 #4163CF

analogous

#CF6641 #CFAD41 #AACF41

triadic

#CFAD41 #41CFAD #AD41CF

tetradic

#CFAD41 #41CF66 #4163CF #CF41AA

square

#CFAD41 #41CF66 #4163CF #CF41AA

split-complementary

#CFAD41 #41AACF #6641CF

monochromatic

#77621E #A88A2B #CFAD41 #DBC272 #E8D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CFAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD41

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD41	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#cfad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad41;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75827,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD41

secondary

#97A6D4

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD41

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

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