#CFB849#CFB849

#CFB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.132 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB849
RGB	rgb(207, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 64.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -4.55, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 57.69, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0172 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.132 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0772, 48.0295, 13.2510)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB849 #4960CF

analogous

#CF7549 #CFB849 #A3CF49

triadic

#CFB849 #49CFB8 #B849CF

tetradic

#CFB849 #49CF75 #4960CF #CF49A3

square

#CFB849 #49CF75 #4960CF #CF49A3

split-complementary

#CFB849 #49A3CF #7549CF

monochromatic

#7D6D21 #AD972E #CFB849 #DCCB79 #E9DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CFB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CFB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB849

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB849	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.132 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd81',
    500: '#cfb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb849;
$custom-light: #e1cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 58.261,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78161,
    "c": 0.13167,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB849

secondary

#9EA7D6

accent

#61E146

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB849

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

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