#CFBA56#CFBA56

#CFBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBA56
RGB	rgb(207, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -4.72, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 52.62, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0162 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.123 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9725, 49.0571, 15.9024)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBA56 #566BCF

analogous

#CF7E56 #CFBA56 #A7CF56

triadic

#CFBA56 #56CFBA #BA56CF

tetradic

#CFBA56 #56CF7E #566BCF #CF56A7

square

#CFBA56 #56CF7E #566BCF #CF56A7

split-complementary

#CFBA56 #56A7CF #7E56CF

monochromatic

#857426 #B59E33 #CFBA56 #DDCD86 #EAE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CFBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#CFBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBA56

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBA56	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce89',
    500: '#cfba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfba56;
$custom-light: #e0ce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBA56

secondary

#A8B0D9

accent

#63DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBA56

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

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