#CFC44F#CFC44F

#CFC44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC44F
RGB	rgb(207, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.8%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -10.36, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 59.29, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0331 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8850, 53.3115, 15.2161)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC44F #4F5ACF

analogous

#CF844F #CFC44F #9ACF4F

triadic

#CFC44F #4FCFC4 #C44FCF

tetradic

#CFC44F #4FCF84 #4F5ACF #CF4F9A

square

#CFC44F #4FCF84 #4F5ACF #CF4F9A

split-complementary

#CFC44F #4F9ACF #844FCF

monochromatic

#817923 #B1A630 #CFC44F #DCD47F #E9E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CFC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CFC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC44F

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC44F	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d585',
    500: '#cfc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc44f;
$custom-light: #e1d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80729,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC44F

secondary

#3A4188

accent

#55E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC44F

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

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