#CFBA40#CFBA40

#CFBA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBA40
RGB	rgb(207, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -6.10, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 62.01, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0226 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2185, 48.7554, 11.9311)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBA40 #4055CF

analogous

#CF7240 #CFBA40 #9CCF40

triadic

#CFBA40 #40CFBA #BA40CF

tetradic

#CFBA40 #40CF72 #4055CF #CF409C

square

#CFBA40 #40CF72 #4055CF #CF409C

split-complementary

#CFBA40 #409CCF #7240CF

monochromatic

#776A1E #A8952A #CFBA40 #DBCC71 #E8DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CFBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#CFBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBA40

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBA40	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ce7c',
    500: '#cfba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfba40;
$custom-light: #e1ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.785,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBA40

secondary

#97A0D4

accent

#5CE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBA40

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

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