#CFAE42#CFAE42

#CFAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE42
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, 0.29, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 57.70, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0041 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.13 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8537, 43.9332, 11.4287)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE42 #4263CF

analogous

#CF6742 #CFAE42 #AACF42

triadic

#CFAE42 #42CFAE #AE42CF

tetradic

#CFAE42 #42CF67 #4263CF #CF42AA

square

#CFAE42 #42CF67 #4263CF #CF42AA

split-complementary

#CFAE42 #42AACF #6742CF

monochromatic

#78631F #A98B2B #CFAE42 #DBC373 #E8D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CFAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE42

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE42	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57c',
    500: '#cfae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae42;
$custom-light: #e1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7604,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE42

secondary

#98A6D5

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE42

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

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