#CFBD56#CFBD56

#CFBD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBD56
RGB	rgb(207, 189, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -6.28, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 53.67, 96.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.0206 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6112, 50.3344, 16.1152)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBD56 #5668CF

analogous

#CF8056 #CFBD56 #A5CF56

triadic

#CFBD56 #56CFBD #BD56CF

tetradic

#CFBD56 #56CF80 #5668CF #CF56A5

square

#CFBD56 #56CF80 #5668CF #CF56A5

split-complementary

#CFBD56 #56A5CF #8056CF

monochromatic

#857726 #B5A133 #CFBD56 #DDD086 #EAE2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CFBD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#CFBD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBD56

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBD56	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 189, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d089',
    500: '#cfbd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbd56;
$custom-light: #e0d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79333,
    "c": 0.12507,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBD56

secondary

#3D498C

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBD56

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

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