#CFCA42#CFCA42

#CFCA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.153 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCA42
RGB	rgb(207, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -14.16, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 66.74, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0452 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.153 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8378, 55.9014, 13.4233)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCA42 #4247CF

analogous

#CF8342 #CFCA42 #8DCF42

triadic

#CFCA42 #42CFCA #CA42CF

tetradic

#CFCA42 #42CF83 #4247CF #CF428D

square

#CFCA42 #42CF83 #4247CF #CF428D

split-complementary

#CFCA42 #428DCF #8342CF

monochromatic

#78751F #A9A42B #CFCA42 #DBD873 #E8E5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CFCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CFCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCA42

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCA42	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEBDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.153 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d97e',
    500: '#cfca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfca42;
$custom-light: #e1d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8189,
    "c": 0.15256,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCA42

secondary

#353880

accent

#4BE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCA42

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

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