#CFB042#CFB042

#CFB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.131 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB042
RGB	rgb(207, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -0.76, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 58.24, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0072 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.131 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2430, 44.7118, 11.5584)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB042 #4261CF

analogous

#CF6942 #CFB042 #A7CF42

triadic

#CFB042 #42CFB0 #B042CF

tetradic

#CFB042 #42CF69 #4261CF #CF42A7

square

#CFB042 #42CF69 #4261CF #CF42A7

split-complementary

#CFB042 #42A7CF #6942CF

monochromatic

#78641F #A98D2B #CFB042 #DBC473 #E8D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CFB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CFB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB042

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB042	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.131 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c77c',
    500: '#cfb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb042;
$custom-light: #e1c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76449,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB042

secondary

#98A5D5

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB042

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

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