#CFC642#CFC642

#CFC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.149 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC642
RGB	rgb(207, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -12.15, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 65.28, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0396 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.149 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9114, 54.0486, 13.1146)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC642 #424BCF

analogous

#CF7F42 #CFC642 #91CF42

triadic

#CFC642 #42CFC6 #C642CF

tetradic

#CFC642 #42CF7F #424BCF #CF4291

square

#CFC642 #42CF7F #424BCF #CF4291

split-complementary

#CFC642 #4291CF #7F42CF

monochromatic

#78721F #A9A12B #CFC642 #DBD573 #E8E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CFC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#CFC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC642

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC642	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77e',
    500: '#cfc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc642;
$custom-light: #e1d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC642

secondary

#353A80

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC642

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

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