#CFC740#CFC740

#CFC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.151 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC740
RGB	rgb(207, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -12.76, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 66.39, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0415 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.151 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0828, 54.4841, 12.8859)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC740 #4048CF

analogous

#CF7F40 #CFC740 #90CF40

triadic

#CFC740 #40CFC7 #C740CF

tetradic

#CFC740 #40CF7F #4048CF #CF4090

square

#CFC740 #40CF7F #4048CF #CF4090

split-complementary

#CFC740 #4090CF #7F40CF

monochromatic

#77721E #A8A12A #CFC740 #DBD571 #E8E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CFC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CFC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC740

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC740	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.151 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d77d',
    500: '#cfc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc740;
$custom-light: #e1d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.643,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81237,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC740

secondary

#34387F

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC740

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

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