#CFB551#CFB551

#CFB551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB551
RGB	rgb(207, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -2.46, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 53.25, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0103 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.123 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7431, 46.9094, 14.5333)
Luminance	0.4691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB551 #516BCF

analogous

#CF7651 #CFB551 #AACF51

triadic

#CFB551 #51CFB5 #B551CF

tetradic

#CFB551 #51CF76 #516BCF #CF51AA

square

#CFB551 #51CF76 #516BCF #CF51AA

split-complementary

#CFB551 #51AACF #7651CF

monochromatic

#826E24 #B29731 #CFB551 #DCC981 #E9DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CFB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CFB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB551

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB551	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ca85',
    500: '#cfb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb551;
$custom-light: #e1ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77621,
    "c": 0.12291,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB551

secondary

#A4AFD8

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB551

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

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