#CFC942#CFC942

#CFC942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.152 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC942
RGB	rgb(207, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -13.66, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 66.37, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0438 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.152 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6039, 55.4337, 13.3454)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC942 #4248CF

analogous

#CF8242 #CFC942 #8ECF42

triadic

#CFC942 #42CFC9 #C942CF

tetradic

#CFC942 #42CF82 #4248CF #CF428E

square

#CFC942 #42CF82 #4248CF #CF428E

split-complementary

#CFC942 #428ECF #8242CF

monochromatic

#78741F #A9A42B #CFC942 #DBD773 #E8E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CFC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CFC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC942

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC942	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.152 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97e',
    500: '#cfc942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc942;
$custom-light: #e1d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.15159,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC942

secondary

#353880

accent

#4CE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC942

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

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