#CFAE3B#CFAE3B

#CFAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE3B
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 71.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -0.07, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 60.51, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.006 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.135 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6598, 43.8557, 10.4075)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE3B #3B5CCF

analogous

#CF643B #CFAE3B #A6CF3B

triadic

#CFAE3B #3BCFAE #AE3BCF

tetradic

#CFAE3B #3BCF64 #3B5CCF #CF3BA6

square

#CFAE3B #3BCF64 #3B5CCF #CF3BA6

split-complementary

#CFAE3B #3BA6CF #643BCF

monochromatic

#73601C #A58928 #CFAE3B #DBC26C #E7D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CFAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE3B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE3B	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)

#C1AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c578',
    500: '#cfae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae3b;
$custom-light: #e2c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75982,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE3B

secondary

#93A1D3

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE3B

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

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