#CFAE4B#CFAE4B

#CFAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.123 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAE4B
RGB	rgb(207, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 63.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 0.83, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 53.85, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0015 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.123 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1402, 44.0479, 12.9377)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAE4B #4B6CCF

analogous

#CF6C4B #CFAE4B #AECF4B

triadic

#CFAE4B #4BCFAE #AE4BCF

tetradic

#CFAE4B #4BCF6C #4B6CCF #CF4BAE

square

#CFAE4B #4BCF6C #4B6CCF #CF4BAE

split-complementary

#CFAE4B #4BAECF #6C4BCF

monochromatic

#7E6722 #AE8E2E #CFAE4B #DCC47B #E9D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CFAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CFAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAE4B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAE4B	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.123 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c581',
    500: '#cfae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfae4b;
$custom-light: #e1c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76125,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAE4B

secondary

#9FADD6

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAE4B

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

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