#CFAE36#CFAE36

#CFAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.138 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE36
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, -0.31, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 62.40, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0072 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.138 93)
XYZ	xyz(41.5363, 43.8063, 9.7570)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE36 #3657CF

analogous

#CF6136 #CFAE36 #A3CF36

triadic

#CFAE36 #36CFAE #AE36CF

tetradic

#CFAE36 #36CF61 #3657CF #CF36A3

square

#CFAE36 #36CF61 #3657CF #CF36A3

split-complementary

#CFAE36 #36A3CF #6136CF

monochromatic

#705E1B #A18727 #CFAE36 #DBC267 #E7D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CFAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE36

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE36	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.138 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c575',
    500: '#cfae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae36;
$custom-light: #e2c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE36

secondary

#8F9DD2

accent

#66E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE36

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

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