#CFB840#CFB840

#CFB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB840
RGB	rgb(207, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -5.06, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 61.38, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0197 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.138 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8001, 47.9187, 11.7916)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB840 #4057CF

analogous

#CF7040 #CFB840 #9ECF40

triadic

#CFB840 #40CFB8 #B840CF

tetradic

#CFB840 #40CF70 #4057CF #CF409E

square

#CFB840 #40CF70 #4057CF #CF409E

split-complementary

#CFB840 #409ECF #7040CF

monochromatic

#77681E #A8932A #CFB840 #DBCA71 #E8DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CFB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#CFB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB840

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB840	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7c',
    500: '#cfb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb840;
$custom-light: #e1cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78083,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB840

secondary

#97A0D4

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB840

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

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