#CFAE49#CFAE49

#CFAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE49
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 0.70, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 54.73, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.0021 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.125 91)
XYZ	xyz(42.0729, 44.0209, 12.5829)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE49 #496ACF

analogous

#CF6B49 #CFAE49 #ADCF49

triadic

#CFAE49 #49CFAE #AE49CF

tetradic

#CFAE49 #49CF6B #496ACF #CF49AD

square

#CFAE49 #49CF6B #496ACF #CF49AD

split-complementary

#CFAE49 #49ADCF #6B49CF

monochromatic

#7D6621 #AD8E2E #CFAE49 #DCC479 #E9D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CFAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE49

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE49	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)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c580',
    500: '#cfae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae49;
$custom-light: #e1c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76105,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.44019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE49

secondary

#9EACD6

accent

#6DE146

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE49

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

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