#CFDC42#CFDC42

#CFDC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.171 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFDC42
RGB	rgb(207, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -23.03, 70.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 73.70, 108.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0701 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.171 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3102, 64.8461, 14.9141)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFDC42 #4F42DC

analogous

#DC9C42 #CFDC42 #82DC42

triadic

#CFDC42 #42CFDC #DC42CF

tetradic

#CFDC42 #42DC9C #4F42DC #DC4282

square

#CFDC42 #42DC9C #4F42DC #DC4282

split-complementary

#CFDC42 #4282DC #9C42DC

monochromatic

#818A1A #B1BE23 #CFDC42 #DCE676 #E9EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CFDC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#CFDC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFDC42

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFDC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFDC42	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfdc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.171 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e680',
    500: '#cfdc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfdc42;
$custom-light: #e1e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfdc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.065,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85765,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFDC42

secondary

#3A3290

accent

#3CEC4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFDC42

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

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