#CFAD45#CFAD45

#CFAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD45
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 66.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 0.99, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 56.18, 88.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0018 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.127 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7520, 43.5846, 11.8426)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD45 #4567CF

analogous

#CF6845 #CFAD45 #ACCF45

triadic

#CFAD45 #45CFAD #AD45CF

tetradic

#CFAD45 #45CF68 #4567CF #CF45AC

square

#CFAD45 #45CF68 #4567CF #CF45AC

split-complementary

#CFAD45 #45ACCF #6845CF

monochromatic

#7A6420 #AB8C2C #CFAD45 #DCC276 #E8D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CFAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD45

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD45	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57e',
    500: '#cfad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad45;
$custom-light: #e1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75863,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD45

secondary

#9BA9D5

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD45

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

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