#CFAE40#CFAE40

#CFAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.131 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE40
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 0.18, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 58.52, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0047 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.131 92)
XYZ	xyz(41.7958, 43.9101, 11.1235)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE40 #4061CF

analogous

#CF6640 #CFAE40 #A8CF40

triadic

#CFAE40 #40CFAE #AE40CF

tetradic

#CFAE40 #40CF66 #4061CF #CF40A8

square

#CFAE40 #40CF66 #4061CF #CF40A8

split-complementary

#CFAE40 #40A8CF #6640CF

monochromatic

#77621E #A88B2A #CFAE40 #DBC371 #E8D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CFAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE40

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE40	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)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.131 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#cfae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae40;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76023,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.43908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE40

secondary

#97A5D4

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE40

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

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