#CFB956#CFB956

#CFB956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFB956
RGB	rgb(207, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -4.20, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 52.28, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0147 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.122 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7626, 48.6372, 15.8324)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFB956 #566CCF

analogous

#CF7D56 #CFB956 #A8CF56

triadic

#CFB956 #56CFB9 #B956CF

tetradic

#CFB956 #56CF7D #566CCF #CF56A8

square

#CFB956 #56CF7D #566CCF #CF56A8

split-complementary

#CFB956 #56A8CF #7D56CF

monochromatic

#857426 #B59D33 #CFB956 #DDCD86 #EAE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CFB956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#CFB956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFB956

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFB956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFB956	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfb956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd89',
    500: '#cfb956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfb956;
$custom-light: #e0cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfb956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78502,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFB956

secondary

#A8B1D9

accent

#64DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFB956

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

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