#CFB740#CFB740

#CFB740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB740
RGB	rgb(207, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -4.54, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 61.08, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0182 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5931, 47.5047, 11.7226)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB740 #4058CF

analogous

#CF6F40 #CFB740 #9FCF40

triadic

#CFB740 #40CFB7 #B740CF

tetradic

#CFB740 #40CF6F #4058CF #CF409F

square

#CFB740 #40CF6F #4058CF #CF409F

split-complementary

#CFB740 #409FCF #6F40CF

monochromatic

#77681E #A8932A #CFB740 #DBC971 #E8DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CFB740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CFB740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB740

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB740	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cc7b',
    500: '#cfb740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb740;
$custom-light: #e1cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77876,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB740

secondary

#97A1D4

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB740

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

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