#CFB542#CFB542

#CFB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB542
RGB	rgb(207, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -3.39, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 59.68, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.0147 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2414, 46.7087, 11.8912)
Luminance	0.4671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB542 #425CCF

analogous

#CF6E42 #CFB542 #A2CF42

triadic

#CFB542 #42CFB5 #B542CF

tetradic

#CFB542 #42CF6E #425CCF #CF42A2

square

#CFB542 #42CF6E #425CCF #CF42A2

split-complementary

#CFB542 #42A2CF #6E42CF

monochromatic

#78681F #A9922B #CFB542 #DBC873 #E8DBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CFB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#CFB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB542

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB542	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)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca7c',
    500: '#cfb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb542;
$custom-light: #e1ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77478,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB542

secondary

#98A3D5

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB542

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

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