#CFAC42#CFAC42

#CFAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFAC42
RGB	rgb(207, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, 1.35, 57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 57.18, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0011 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.129 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4702, 43.1662, 11.3008)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFAC42 #4265CF

analogous

#CF6542 #CFAC42 #ACCF42

triadic

#CFAC42 #42CFAC #AC42CF

tetradic

#CFAC42 #42CF65 #4265CF #CF42AC

square

#CFAC42 #42CF65 #4265CF #CF42AC

split-complementary

#CFAC42 #42ACCF #6542CF

monochromatic

#78621F #A98A2B #CFAC42 #DBC173 #E8D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CFAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CFAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFAC42

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFAC42	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E09E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c47c',
    500: '#cfac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfac42;
$custom-light: #e1c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75633,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFAC42

secondary

#98A7D5

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFAC42

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

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