#CFB842#CFB842

#CFB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB842
RGB	rgb(207, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -4.96, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 60.59, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0192 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(43.8580, 47.9418, 12.0968)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB842 #4259CF

analogous

#CF7142 #CFB842 #9FCF42

triadic

#CFB842 #42CFB8 #B842CF

tetradic

#CFB842 #42CF71 #4259CF #CF429F

square

#CFB842 #42CF71 #4259CF #CF429F

split-complementary

#CFB842 #429FCF #7142CF

monochromatic

#78691F #A9942B #CFB842 #DBCA73 #E8DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CFB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CFB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB842

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB842	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7d',
    500: '#cfb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb842;
$custom-light: #e1cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.781,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.4794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB842

secondary

#98A2D5

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB842

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

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