#CFBD55#CFBD55

#CFBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.126 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBD55
RGB	rgb(207, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -6.35, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 54.12, 96.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.021 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.126 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5712, 50.3184, 15.9045)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBD55 #5567CF

analogous

#CF8055 #CFBD55 #A4CF55

triadic

#CFBD55 #55CFBD #BD55CF

tetradic

#CFBD55 #55CF80 #5567CF #CF55A4

square

#CFBD55 #55CF80 #5567CF #CF55A4

split-complementary

#CFBD55 #55A4CF #8055CF

monochromatic

#847625 #B4A133 #CFBD55 #DCD085 #EAE2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CFBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#CFBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBD55

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBD55	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.126 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d088',
    500: '#cfbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbd55;
$custom-light: #e0d088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79322,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBD55

secondary

#3D488B

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBD55

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

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