#CFB242#CFB242

#CFB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.132 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB242
RGB	rgb(207, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -1.82, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 58.80, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0102 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.132 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6380, 45.5018, 11.6901)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB242 #425FCF

analogous

#CF6B42 #CFB242 #A5CF42

triadic

#CFB242 #42CFB2 #B242CF

tetradic

#CFB242 #42CF6B #425FCF #CF42A5

square

#CFB242 #42CF6B #425FCF #CF42A5

split-complementary

#CFB242 #42A5CF #6B42CF

monochromatic

#78661F #A98F2B #CFB242 #DBC673 #E8DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CFB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CFB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB242

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB242	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)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.132 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c87c',
    500: '#cfb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb242;
$custom-light: #e1c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.66,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76859,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB242

secondary

#98A5D5

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB242

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

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