#CFB856#CFB856

#CFB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.121 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB856
RGB	rgb(207, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -3.68, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 51.95, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0132 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.121 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5541, 48.2203, 15.7629)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB856 #566DCF

analogous

#CF7C56 #CFB856 #A9CF56

triadic

#CFB856 #56CFB8 #B856CF

tetradic

#CFB856 #56CF7C #566DCF #CF56A9

square

#CFB856 #56CF7C #566DCF #CF56A9

split-complementary

#CFB856 #56A9CF #7C56CF

monochromatic

#857326 #B59C33 #CFB856 #DDCC86 #EAE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CFB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CFB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB856

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB856	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.121 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd89',
    500: '#cfb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb856;
$custom-light: #e0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78295,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB856

secondary

#A8B1D9

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB856

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

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