#CFBD51#CFBD51

#CFBD51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBD51
RGB	rgb(207, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -6.63, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 55.90, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0222 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4167, 50.2566, 15.0912)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBD51 #5163CF

analogous

#CF7E51 #CFBD51 #A2CF51

triadic

#CFBD51 #51CFBD #BD51CF

tetradic

#CFBD51 #51CF7E #5163CF #CF51A2

square

#CFBD51 #51CF7E #5163CF #CF51A2

split-complementary

#CFBD51 #51A2CF #7E51CF

monochromatic

#827424 #B29F31 #CFBD51 #DCCF81 #E9E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CFBD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#CFBD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBD51

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBD51	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d086',
    500: '#cfbd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbd51;
$custom-light: #e1d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7928,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBD51

secondary

#3B4689

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBD51

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

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