#CFAE43#CFAE43

#CFAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.129 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE43
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.6%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, 0.35, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 57.28, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0038 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.129 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8835, 43.9451, 11.5853)
Luminance	0.4394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE43 #4364CF

analogous

#CF6843 #CFAE43 #AACF43

triadic

#CFAE43 #43CFAE #AE43CF

tetradic

#CFAE43 #43CF68 #4364CF #CF43AA

square

#CFAE43 #43CF68 #4364CF #CF43AA

split-complementary

#CFAE43 #43AACF #6843CF

monochromatic

#79641F #AA8C2B #CFAE43 #DBC374 #E8D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CFAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CFAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE43

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE43	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)

#C0AB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.129 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57c',
    500: '#cfae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae43;
$custom-light: #e1c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76049,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE43

secondary

#99A7D5

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE43

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

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