#CFB257#CFB257

#CFB257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB257
RGB	rgb(207, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -0.45, 49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 49.58, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0037 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.116 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3747, 45.7965, 15.5699)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB257 #5774CF

analogous

#CF7657 #CFB257 #B0CF57

triadic

#CFB257 #57CFB2 #B257CF

tetradic

#CFB257 #57CF76 #5774CF #CF57B0

square

#CFB257 #57CF76 #5774CF #CF57B0

split-complementary

#CFB257 #57B0CF #7657CF

monochromatic

#856E26 #B59634 #CFB257 #DDC887 #EADEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CFB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#CFB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB257

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB257	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c889',
    500: '#cfb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb257;
$custom-light: #e0c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77073,
    "c": 0.11553,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB257

secondary

#A9B4D9

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB257

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

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