#CFB851#CFB851

#CFB851 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB851
RGB	rgb(207, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -4.03, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 54.21, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0148 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.125 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3597, 48.1425, 14.7388)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB851 #5168CF

analogous

#CF7951 #CFB851 #A7CF51

triadic

#CFB851 #51CFB8 #B851CF

tetradic

#CFB851 #51CF79 #5168CF #CF51A7

square

#CFB851 #51CF79 #5168CF #CF51A7

split-complementary

#CFB851 #51A7CF #7951CF

monochromatic

#827124 #B29A31 #CFB851 #DCCC81 #E9DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CFB851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CFB851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB851

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB851	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cd86',
    500: '#cfb851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb851;
$custom-light: #e1cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7824,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB851

secondary

#A4ADD8

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB851

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

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