#CFAE39#CFAE39

#CFAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE39
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -0.17, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 61.27, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0065 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.136 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6089, 43.8353, 10.1396)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE39 #395ACF

analogous

#CF6339 #CFAE39 #A5CF39

triadic

#CFAE39 #39CFAE #AE39CF

tetradic

#CFAE39 #39CF63 #395ACF #CF39A5

square

#CFAE39 #39CF63 #395ACF #CF39A5

split-complementary

#CFAE39 #39A5CF #6339CF

monochromatic

#725F1C #A38828 #CFAE39 #DBC26A #E7D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CFAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE39

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE39	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c577',
    500: '#cfae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae39;
$custom-light: #e2c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75967,
    "c": 0.13592,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE39

secondary

#919FD3

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE39

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

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