#CFAF42#CFAF42

#CFAF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.131 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAF42
RGB	rgb(207, 175, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -0.24, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 57.97, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0056 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.131 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.0476, 44.3211, 11.4933)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAF42 #4262CF

analogous

#CF6842 #CFAF42 #A8CF42

triadic

#CFAF42 #42CFAF #AF42CF

tetradic

#CFAF42 #42CF68 #4262CF #CF42A8

square

#CFAF42 #42CF68 #4262CF #CF42A8

split-complementary

#CFAF42 #42A8CF #6842CF

monochromatic

#78641F #A98C2B #CFAF42 #DBC473 #E8D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CFAF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CFAF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAF42

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAF42	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfaf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 175, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.131 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c67c',
    500: '#cfaf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfaf42;
$custom-light: #e1c67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfaf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76244,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAF42

secondary

#98A6D5

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAF42

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

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