#CFC940#CFC940

#CFC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC940
RGB	rgb(207, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -13.76, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 67.11, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0443 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5460, 55.4105, 13.0403)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC940 #4046CF

analogous

#CF8240 #CFC940 #8DCF40

triadic

#CFC940 #40CFC9 #C940CF

tetradic

#CFC940 #40CF82 #4046CF #CF408D

square

#CFC940 #40CF82 #4046CF #CF408D

split-complementary

#CFC940 #408DCF #8240CF

monochromatic

#77731E #A8A22A #CFC940 #DBD771 #E8E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CFC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CFC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC940

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC940	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97d',
    500: '#cfc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc940;
$custom-light: #e1d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81663,
    "c": 0.15292,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC940

secondary

#34377F

accent

#4BE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC940

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

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