#CFB251#CFB251

#CFB251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.121 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB251
RGB	rgb(207, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -0.89, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 52.33, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0057 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.121 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1397, 45.7025, 14.3322)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB251 #516ECF

analogous

#CF7351 #CFB251 #ADCF51

triadic

#CFB251 #51CFB2 #B251CF

tetradic

#CFB251 #51CF73 #516ECF #CF51AD

square

#CFB251 #51CF73 #516ECF #CF51AD

split-complementary

#CFB251 #51ADCF #7351CF

monochromatic

#826C24 #B29431 #CFB251 #DCC781 #E9DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CFB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CFB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB251

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB251	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DFA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.121 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c885',
    500: '#cfb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb251;
$custom-light: #e1c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77005,
    "c": 0.12076,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB251

secondary

#A4B0D8

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB251

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

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