#CFB240#CFB240

#CFB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB240
RGB	rgb(207, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -1.92, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 59.61, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0107 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.134 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5801, 45.4786, 11.3850)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB240 #405DCF

analogous

#CF6A40 #CFB240 #A5CF40

triadic

#CFB240 #40CFB2 #B240CF

tetradic

#CFB240 #40CF6A #405DCF #CF40A5

square

#CFB240 #40CF6A #405DCF #CF40A5

split-complementary

#CFB240 #40A5CF #6A40CF

monochromatic

#77651E #A88E2A #CFB240 #DBC671 #E8D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CFB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CFB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB240

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB240	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c87b',
    500: '#cfb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb240;
$custom-light: #e1c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76842,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB240

secondary

#97A3D4

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB240

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

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