#CFAE3E#CFAE3E

#CFAE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE3E
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 70%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 0.08, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 59.33, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.0052 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.133 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7399, 43.8877, 10.8292)
Luminance	0.4389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE3E #3E5FCF

analogous

#CF663E #CFAE3E #A7CF3E

triadic

#CFAE3E #3ECFAE #AE3ECF

tetradic

#CFAE3E #3ECF66 #3E5FCF #CF3EA7

square

#CFAE3E #3ECF66 #3E5FCF #CF3EA7

split-complementary

#CFAE3E #3EA7CF #663ECF

monochromatic

#75611D #A68A29 #CFAE3E #DBC36F #E7D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CFAE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE3E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE3E	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c57a',
    500: '#cfae3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae3e;
$custom-light: #e2c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 60.166,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76006,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE3E

secondary

#95A3D4

accent

#69E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE3E

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

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