#CFC461#CFC461

#CFC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC461
RGB	rgb(207, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 53.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -9.03, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 51.23, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0273 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.121 103)
XYZ	xyz(47.6312, 53.6099, 19.1457)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC461 #616CCF

analogous

#CF8D61 #CFC461 #A3CF61

triadic

#CFC461 #61CFC4 #C461CF

tetradic

#CFC461 #61CF8D #616CCF #CF61A3

square

#CFC461 #61CF8D #616CCF #CF61A3

split-complementary

#CFC461 #61A3CF #8D61CF

monochromatic

#8B822A #BAAD39 #CFC461 #DDD690 #ECE7BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CFC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CFC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC461

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC461	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d591',
    500: '#cfc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc461;
$custom-light: #e0d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80924,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.53608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC461

secondary

#424A92

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC461

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

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