#CFAD47#CFAD47

#CFAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAD47
RGB	rgb(207, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 65.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 1.11, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 55.32, 88.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0012 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.126 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8152, 43.6099, 12.1751)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAD47 #4769CF

analogous

#CF6947 #CFAD47 #ADCF47

triadic

#CFAD47 #47CFAD #AD47CF

tetradic

#CFAD47 #47CF69 #4769CF #CF47AD

square

#CFAD47 #47CF69 #4769CF #CF47AD

split-complementary

#CFAD47 #47ADCF #6947CF

monochromatic

#7B6520 #AC8C2D #CFAD47 #DCC378 #E8D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CFAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CFAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAD47

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAD47	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57f',
    500: '#cfad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfad47;
$custom-light: #e1c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75882,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAD47

secondary

#9CABD6

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAD47

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

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