#CFB259#CFB259

#CFB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.114 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB259
RGB	rgb(207, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -0.30, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 48.65, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0031 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.114 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4575, 45.8296, 16.0062)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB259 #5976CF

analogous

#CF7759 #CFB259 #B1CF59

triadic

#CFB259 #59CFB2 #B259CF

tetradic

#CFB259 #59CF77 #5976CF #CF59B1

square

#CFB259 #59CF77 #5976CF #CF59B1

split-complementary

#CFB259 #59B1CF #7759CF

monochromatic

#876F27 #B69635 #CFB259 #DDC888 #EADEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CFB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CFB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB259

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB259	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.114 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c88a',
    500: '#cfb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb259;
$custom-light: #e0c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77097,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB259

secondary

#AAB6D9

accent

#6EDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB259

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

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