#CFBE42#CFBE42

#CFBE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBE42
RGB	rgb(207, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -8.06, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 62.52, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.028 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.1309, 50.4876, 12.5210)
Luminance	0.5049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBE42 #4253CF

analogous

#CF7742 #CFBE42 #99CF42

triadic

#CFBE42 #42CFBE #BE42CF

tetradic

#CFBE42 #42CF77 #4253CF #CF4299

square

#CFBE42 #42CF77 #4253CF #CF4299

split-complementary

#CFBE42 #4299CF #7742CF

monochromatic

#786D1F #A99A2B #CFBE42 #DBCF73 #E8E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CFBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#CFBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBE42

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBE42	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d17d',
    500: '#cfbe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbe42;
$custom-light: #e1d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79352,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBE42

secondary

#353E80

accent

#58E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBE42

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

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