#CFC142#CFC142

#CFC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC142
RGB	rgb(207, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -9.60, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 63.53, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0324 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(45.7874, 51.8005, 12.7399)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC142 #4250CF

analogous

#CF7A42 #CFC142 #96CF42

triadic

#CFC142 #42CFC1 #C142CF

tetradic

#CFC142 #42CF7A #4250CF #CF4296

square

#CFC142 #42CF7A #4250CF #CF4296

split-complementary

#CFC142 #4296CF #7A42CF

monochromatic

#786F1F #A99C2B #CFC142 #DBD173 #E8E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CFC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CFC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC142

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC142	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d37d',
    500: '#cfc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc142;
$custom-light: #e1d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79983,
    "c": 0.14428,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.51799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC142

secondary

#353C80

accent

#55E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC142

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

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