#CFAE44#CFAE44

#CFAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.128 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE44
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 67.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, 0.41, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 56.87, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0036 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.128 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9137, 43.9572, 11.7446)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE44 #4465CF

analogous

#CF6944 #CFAE44 #ABCF44

triadic

#CFAE44 #44CFAE #AE44CF

tetradic

#CFAE44 #44CF69 #4465CF #CF44AB

square

#CFAE44 #44CF69 #4465CF #CF44AB

split-complementary

#CFAE44 #44ABCF #6944CF

monochromatic

#79641F #AA8C2C #CFAE44 #DCC375 #E8D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CFAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE44

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE44	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C0AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.128 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57d',
    500: '#cfae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae44;
$custom-light: #e1c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76058,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE44

secondary

#9AA8D5

accent

#6BE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE44

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

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