#CFAE41#CFAE41

#CFAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.131 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE41
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 0.24, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 58.11, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0044 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.131 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8245, 43.9215, 11.2747)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE41 #4162CF

analogous

#CF6741 #CFAE41 #A9CF41

triadic

#CFAE41 #41CFAE #AE41CF

tetradic

#CFAE41 #41CF67 #4162CF #CF41A9

square

#CFAE41 #41CF67 #4162CF #CF41A9

split-complementary

#CFAE41 #41A9CF #6741CF

monochromatic

#77631E #A88B2B #CFAE41 #DBC372 #E8D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CFAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE41

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.131 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57b',
    500: '#cfae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae41;
$custom-light: #e1c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76031,
    "c": 0.13058,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE41

secondary

#97A6D4

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE41

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

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