#CFAE46#CFAE46

#CFAE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.127 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE46
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, 0.52, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 56.02, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.003 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.127 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9758, 43.9821, 12.0716)
Luminance	0.4398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE46 #4667CF

analogous

#CF6A46 #CFAE46 #ACCF46

triadic

#CFAE46 #46CFAE #AE46CF

tetradic

#CFAE46 #46CF6A #4667CF #CF46AC

square

#CFAE46 #46CF6A #4667CF #CF46AC

split-complementary

#CFAE46 #46ACCF #6A46CF

monochromatic

#7B6520 #AB8D2C #CFAE46 #DCC377 #E8D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CFAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE46

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE46	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.127 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57e',
    500: '#cfae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae46;
$custom-light: #e1c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76076,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE46

secondary

#9BA9D5

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE46

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

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