#CFAE3F#CFAE3F

#CFAE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE3F
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, 0.13, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 58.92, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.005 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.132 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7676, 43.8988, 10.9750)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE3F #3F60CF

analogous

#CF663F #CFAE3F #A8CF3F

triadic

#CFAE3F #3FCFAE #AE3FCF

tetradic

#CFAE3F #3FCF66 #3F60CF #CF3FA8

square

#CFAE3F #3FCF66 #3F60CF #CF3FA8

split-complementary

#CFAE3F #3FA8CF #663FCF

monochromatic

#76621E #A78A2A #CFAE3F #DBC370 #E7D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CFAE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE3F

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE3F	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)

#C1AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c57a',
    500: '#cfae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae3f;
$custom-light: #e2c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76014,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE3F

secondary

#96A4D4

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE3F

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

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