#CFAE35#CFAE35

#CFAE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.138 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE35
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -0.35, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 62.76, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0074 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.138 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5131, 43.7970, 9.6346)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE35 #3556CF

analogous

#CF6135 #CFAE35 #A3CF35

triadic

#CFAE35 #35CFAE #AE35CF

tetradic

#CFAE35 #35CF61 #3556CF #CF35A3

square

#CFAE35 #35CF61 #3556CF #CF35A3

split-complementary

#CFAE35 #35A3CF #6135CF

monochromatic

#6F5D1A #A18626 #CFAE35 #DBC266 #E7D698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CFAE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE35

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE35	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)

#C1AB20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.138 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c575',
    500: '#cfae35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae35;
$custom-light: #e2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 61.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE35

secondary

#8E9CD2

accent

#66E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE35

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

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