#CFC042#CFC042

#CFC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC042
RGB	rgb(207, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -9.09, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 63.19, 98.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0309 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5671, 51.3599, 12.6664)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC042 #4251CF

analogous

#CF7942 #CFC042 #97CF42

triadic

#CFC042 #42CFC0 #C042CF

tetradic

#CFC042 #42CF79 #4251CF #CF4297

square

#CFC042 #42CF79 #4251CF #CF4297

split-complementary

#CFC042 #4297CF #7942CF

monochromatic

#786F1F #A99B2B #CFC042 #DBD073 #E8E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CFC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CFC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC042

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC042	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d27d',
    500: '#cfc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc042;
$custom-light: #e1d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.617,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79772,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC042

secondary

#353D80

accent

#56E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC042

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

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