#CFDE42#CFDE42

#CFDE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.173 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFDE42
RGB	rgb(207, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.95, -23.99, 70.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.95, 74.51, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.2% -0.0727 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(86.2% 0.173 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8382, 65.9022, 15.0901)
Luminance	0.6590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFDE42 #5142DE

analogous

#DE9F42 #CFDE42 #81DE42

triadic

#CFDE42 #42CFDE #DE42CF

tetradic

#CFDE42 #42DE9F #5142DE #DE4281

square

#CFDE42 #42DE9F #5142DE #DE4281

split-complementary

#CFDE42 #4281DE #9F42DE

monochromatic

#828D19 #B2C122 #CFDE42 #DCE776 #E9F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CFDE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#CFDE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFDE42

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFDE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFDE42	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCD1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfde42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.173 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e880',
    500: '#cfde42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfde42;
$custom-light: #e1e880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfde42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.862,
    "c": 0.17296,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFDE42

secondary

#3B3292

accent

#3BED4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFDE42

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

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