#CFAE38#CFAE38

#CFAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE38
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -0.21, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 61.65, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0067 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.137 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5842, 43.8255, 10.0095)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE38 #3859CF

analogous

#CF6238 #CFAE38 #A5CF38

triadic

#CFAE38 #38CFAE #AE38CF

tetradic

#CFAE38 #38CF62 #3859CF #CF38A5

square

#CFAE38 #38CF62 #3859CF #CF38A5

split-complementary

#CFAE38 #38A5CF #6238CF

monochromatic

#715E1B #A38827 #CFAE38 #DBC269 #E7D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CFAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE38

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE38	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c576',
    500: '#cfae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae38;
$custom-light: #e2c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE38

secondary

#909FD3

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE38

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

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