#CFAD42#CFAD42

#CFAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD42
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, 0.82, 57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 57.44, 89.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0026 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.129 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6612, 43.5483, 11.3645)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD42 #4264CF

analogous

#CF6642 #CFAD42 #AACF42

triadic

#CFAD42 #42CFAD #AD42CF

tetradic

#CFAD42 #42CF66 #4264CF #CF42AA

square

#CFAD42 #42CF66 #4264CF #CF42AA

split-complementary

#CFAD42 #42AACF #6642CF

monochromatic

#78621F #A98B2B #CFAD42 #DBC273 #E8D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CFAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD42

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD42	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)

#BFAB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57c',
    500: '#cfad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad42;
$custom-light: #e1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.12927,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD42

secondary

#98A7D5

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD42

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

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