#CFAD46#CFAD46

#CFAD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD46
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 70)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 66.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.96, 1.05, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.96, 55.75, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0015 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.126 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7833, 43.5971, 12.0075)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD46 #4668CF

analogous

#CF6846 #CFAD46 #ADCF46

triadic

#CFAD46 #46CFAD #AD46CF

tetradic

#CFAD46 #46CF68 #4668CF #CF46AD

square

#CFAD46 #46CF68 #4668CF #CF46AD

split-complementary

#CFAD46 #46ADCF #6846CF

monochromatic

#7B6420 #AB8C2C #CFAD46 #DCC377 #E8D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CFAD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD46

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD46	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)

#BFAB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57e',
    500: '#cfad46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad46;
$custom-light: #e1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75873,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD46

secondary

#9BAAD5

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD46

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

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