#CFBF42#CFBF42

#CFBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBF42
RGB	rgb(207, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -8.58, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 62.85, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0295 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3482, 50.9223, 12.5935)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBF42 #4252CF

analogous

#CF7842 #CFBF42 #99CF42

triadic

#CFBF42 #42CFBF #BF42CF

tetradic

#CFBF42 #42CF78 #4252CF #CF4299

square

#CFBF42 #42CF78 #4252CF #CF4299

split-complementary

#CFBF42 #4299CF #7842CF

monochromatic

#786E1F #A99B2B #CFBF42 #DBD073 #E8E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CFBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CFBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBF42

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBF42	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d27d',
    500: '#cfbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbf42;
$custom-light: #e1d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79562,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBF42

secondary

#353D80

accent

#57E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBF42

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

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