#CFCE42#CFCE42

#CFCE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.156 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCE42
RGB	rgb(207, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -16.16, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 68.23, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0509 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.156 109)
XYZ	xyz(48.7885, 57.8028, 13.7403)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCE42 #4243CF

analogous

#CF8742 #CFCE42 #8ACF42

triadic

#CFCE42 #42CFCE #CE42CF

tetradic

#CFCE42 #42CF87 #4243CF #CF428A

square

#CFCE42 #42CF87 #4243CF #CF428A

split-complementary

#CFCE42 #428ACF #8742CF

monochromatic

#78771F #A9A82B #CFCE42 #DBDB73 #E8E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CFCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#CFCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCE42

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCE42	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.156 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1dc7f',
    500: '#cfce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfce42;
$custom-light: #e1dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.574,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82745,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.57801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCE42

secondary

#353580

accent

#46E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCE42

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

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