#CFCF42#CFCF42

#CFCF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.157 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCF42
RGB	rgb(207, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.90, -16.66, 66.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.90, 68.61, 104.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0523 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.157 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0300, 58.2858, 13.8208)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCF42 #4242CF

analogous

#CF8842 #CFCF42 #88CF42

triadic

#CFCF42 #42CFCF #CF42CF

tetradic

#CFCF42 #42CF88 #4242CF #CF4288

square

#CFCF42 #42CF88 #4242CF #CF4288

split-complementary

#CFCF42 #4288CF #8842CF

monochromatic

#78781F #A9A92B #CFCF42 #DBDB73 #E8E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CFCF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#CFCF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCF42

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCF42	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfcf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.157 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1dd7f',
    500: '#cfcf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfcf42;
$custom-light: #e1dd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfcf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82959,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCF42

secondary

#353580

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCF42

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

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