#CFC242#CFC242

#CFC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC242
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -10.11, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 63.88, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0338 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0092, 52.2442, 12.8138)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC242 #424FCF

analogous

#CF7B42 #CFC242 #95CF42

triadic

#CFC242 #42CFC2 #C242CF

tetradic

#CFC242 #42CF7B #424FCF #CF4295

square

#CFC242 #42CF7B #424FCF #CF4295

split-complementary

#CFC242 #4295CF #7B42CF

monochromatic

#78701F #A99D2B #CFC242 #DBD273 #E8E2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CFC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CFC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC242

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC242	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d47e',
    500: '#cfc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc242;
$custom-light: #e1d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80194,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC242

secondary

#353C80

accent

#54E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC242

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

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