#CFAD44#CFAD44

#CFAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.128 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD44
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 67.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, 0.93, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 56.60, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.002 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.128 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7212, 43.5723, 11.6805)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD44 #4466CF

analogous

#CF6844 #CFAD44 #ACCF44

triadic

#CFAD44 #44CFAD #AD44CF

tetradic

#CFAD44 #44CF68 #4466CF #CF44AC

square

#CFAD44 #44CF68 #4466CF #CF44AC

split-complementary

#CFAD44 #44ACCF #6844CF

monochromatic

#79631F #AA8B2C #CFAD44 #DCC275 #E8D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CFAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD44

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD44	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)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.128 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57d',
    500: '#cfad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad44;
$custom-light: #e1c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75854,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD44

secondary

#9AA8D5

accent

#6CE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD44

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

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