#CFBA42#CFBA42

#CFBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBA42
RGB	rgb(207, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -5.99, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 61.22, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.0221 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2764, 48.7786, 12.2362)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBA42 #4257CF

analogous

#CF7342 #CFBA42 #9DCF42

triadic

#CFBA42 #42CFBA #BA42CF

tetradic

#CFBA42 #42CF73 #4257CF #CF429D

square

#CFBA42 #42CF73 #4257CF #CF429D

split-complementary

#CFBA42 #429DCF #7342CF

monochromatic

#786B1F #A9962B #CFBA42 #DBCC73 #E8DEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CFBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#CFBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBA42

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBA42	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ce7d',
    500: '#cfba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfba42;
$custom-light: #e1ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78516,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBA42

secondary

#98A1D5

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBA42

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

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