#CFBD42#CFBD42

#CFBD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBD42
RGB	rgb(207, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -7.55, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 62.19, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0265 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9151, 50.0559, 12.4491)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBD42 #4254CF

analogous

#CF7642 #CFBD42 #9BCF42

triadic

#CFBD42 #42CFBD #BD42CF

tetradic

#CFBD42 #42CF76 #4254CF #CF429B

square

#CFBD42 #42CF76 #4254CF #CF429B

split-complementary

#CFBD42 #429BCF #7642CF

monochromatic

#786D1F #A9992B #CFBD42 #DBCE73 #E8DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CFBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CFBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBD42

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBD42	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d07d',
    500: '#cfbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbd42;
$custom-light: #e1d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79143,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBD42

secondary

#353F80

accent

#59E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBD42

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

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