#CFAE45#CFAE45

#CFAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.128 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE45
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 0.46, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 56.44, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.0033 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.128 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9445, 43.9695, 11.9067)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE45 #4566CF

analogous

#CF6945 #CFAE45 #ABCF45

triadic

#CFAE45 #45CFAE #AE45CF

tetradic

#CFAE45 #45CF69 #4566CF #CF45AB

square

#CFAE45 #45CF69 #4566CF #CF45AB

split-complementary

#CFAE45 #45ABCF #6945CF

monochromatic

#7A6420 #AB8C2C #CFAE45 #DCC376 #E8D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CFAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE45

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE45	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)

#C0AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.128 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57e',
    500: '#cfae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae45;
$custom-light: #e1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.652,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76067,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE45

secondary

#9BA9D5

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE45

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

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