#CFC542#CFC542

#CFC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC542
RGB	rgb(207, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -11.64, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 64.93, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0381 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.148 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6836, 53.5930, 13.0386)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC542 #424CCF

analogous

#CF7E42 #CFC542 #92CF42

triadic

#CFC542 #42CFC5 #C542CF

tetradic

#CFC542 #42CF7E #424CCF #CF4292

square

#CFC542 #42CF7E #424CCF #CF4292

split-complementary

#CFC542 #4292CF #7E42CF

monochromatic

#78721F #A9A02B #CFC542 #DBD473 #E8E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CFC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CFC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC542

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC542	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)

#D6BE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d67e',
    500: '#cfc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc542;
$custom-light: #e1d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80828,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC542

secondary

#353A80

accent

#50E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC542

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

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