#CFB940#CFB940

#CFB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB940
RGB	rgb(207, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -5.58, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 61.69, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0212 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0085, 48.3356, 11.8611)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB940 #4056CF

analogous

#CF7140 #CFB940 #9ECF40

triadic

#CFB940 #40CFB9 #B940CF

tetradic

#CFB940 #40CF71 #4056CF #CF409E

square

#CFB940 #40CF71 #4056CF #CF409E

split-complementary

#CFB940 #409ECF #7140CF

monochromatic

#77691E #A8942A #CFB940 #DBCB71 #E8DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CFB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#CFB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB940

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB940	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd7c',
    500: '#cfb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb940;
$custom-light: #e1cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78291,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB940

secondary

#97A0D4

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB940

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

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