#CFAE48#CFAE48

#CFAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE48
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 65.2%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 0.64, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 55.16, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0024 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.125 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0400, 44.0077, 12.4097)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE48 #4869CF

analogous

#CF6A48 #CFAE48 #ADCF48

triadic

#CFAE48 #48CFAE #AE48CF

tetradic

#CFAE48 #48CF6A #4869CF #CF48AD

square

#CFAE48 #48CF6A #4869CF #CF48AD

split-complementary

#CFAE48 #48ADCF #6A48CF

monochromatic

#7C6621 #AD8D2D #CFAE48 #DCC378 #E8D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CFAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE48

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE48	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)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c57f',
    500: '#cfae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae48;
$custom-light: #e1c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76095,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE48

secondary

#9DABD6

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE48

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

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