#CFC462#CFC462

#CFC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.121 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC462
RGB	rgb(207, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 52.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -8.95, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 50.76, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0269 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.121 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6781, 53.6287, 19.3928)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC462 #626DCF

analogous

#CF8E62 #CFC462 #A4CF62

triadic

#CFC462 #62CFC4 #C462CF

tetradic

#CFC462 #62CF8E #626DCF #CF62A4

square

#CFC462 #62CF8E #626DCF #CF62A4

split-complementary

#CFC462 #62A4CF #8E62CF

monochromatic

#8C822B #BBAE39 #CFC462 #DDD691 #ECE7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CFC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CFC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC462

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC462	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.121 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d591',
    500: '#cfc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc462;
$custom-light: #e0d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.945,
    "s": 53.171,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80936,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC462

secondary

#434B92

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC462

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

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