#CFAE34#CFAE34

#CFAE34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE34
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -0.39, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 63.12, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0077 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.139 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4903, 43.7879, 9.5147)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE34 #3455CF

analogous

#CF6034 #CFAE34 #A2CF34

triadic

#CFAE34 #34CFAE #AE34CF

tetradic

#CFAE34 #34CF60 #3455CF #CF34A2

square

#CFAE34 #34CF60 #3455CF #CF34A2

split-complementary

#CFAE34 #34A2CF #6034CF

monochromatic

#6E5D1A #A08626 #CFAE34 #DBC265 #E6D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CFAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE34

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE34	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c574',
    500: '#cfae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae34;
$custom-light: #e2c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 61.753,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE34

secondary

#8D9CD2

accent

#65E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE34

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

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