#CFAE37#CFAE37

#CFAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE37
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 73.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -0.26, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 62.03, 90.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.007 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.137 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5600, 43.8158, 9.8819)
Luminance	0.4381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE37 #3758CF

analogous

#CF6237 #CFAE37 #A4CF37

triadic

#CFAE37 #37CFAE #AE37CF

tetradic

#CFAE37 #37CF62 #3758CF #CF37A4

square

#CFAE37 #37CF62 #3758CF #CF37A4

split-complementary

#CFAE37 #37A4CF #6237CF

monochromatic

#715E1B #A28727 #CFAE37 #DBC268 #E7D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CFAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE37

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE37	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)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c576',
    500: '#cfae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae37;
$custom-light: #e2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75953,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE37

secondary

#8F9ED2

accent

#66E443

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE37

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

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