#CFB540#CFB540

#CFB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.136 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB540
RGB	rgb(207, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -3.50, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 60.48, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0152 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.136 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.1835, 46.6855, 11.5861)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB540 #405ACF

analogous

#CF6D40 #CFB540 #A1CF40

triadic

#CFB540 #40CFB5 #B540CF

tetradic

#CFB540 #40CF6D #405ACF #CF40A1

square

#CFB540 #40CF6D #405ACF #CF40A1

split-complementary

#CFB540 #40A1CF #6D40CF

monochromatic

#77671E #A8912A #CFB540 #DBC871 #E8DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CFB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#CFB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB540

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB540	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.136 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca7b',
    500: '#cfb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb540;
$custom-light: #e1ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77461,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB540

secondary

#97A2D4

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB540

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

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