#CFBD59#CFBD59

#CFBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBD59
RGB	rgb(207, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.30, -6.06, 51.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.30, 52.30, 96.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0196 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7346, 50.3837, 16.7652)
Luminance	0.5038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBD59 #596BCF

analogous

#CF8259 #CFBD59 #A6CF59

triadic

#CFBD59 #59CFBD #BD59CF

tetradic

#CFBD59 #59CF82 #596BCF #CF59A6

square

#CFBD59 #59CF82 #596BCF #CF59A6

split-complementary

#CFBD59 #59A6CF #8259CF

monochromatic

#877827 #B6A235 #CFBD59 #DDD088 #EAE3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#CFBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#CFBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBD59

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBD59	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d08b',
    500: '#cfbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbd59;
$custom-light: #e0d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79366,
    "c": 0.12241,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBD59

secondary

#3F4B8E

accent

#60DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBD59

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

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