#CFBE51#CFBE51

#CFBE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBE51
RGB	rgb(207, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -7.15, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 56.25, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0237 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.6326, 50.6883, 15.1631)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBE51 #5162CF

analogous

#CF7F51 #CFBE51 #A1CF51

triadic

#CFBE51 #51CFBE #BE51CF

tetradic

#CFBE51 #51CF7F #5162CF #CF51A1

square

#CFBE51 #51CF7F #5162CF #CF51A1

split-complementary

#CFBE51 #51A1CF #7F51CF

monochromatic

#827524 #B2A031 #CFBE51 #DCD081 #E9E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CFBE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#CFBE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBE51

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBE51	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbe51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d186',
    500: '#cfbe51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbe51;
$custom-light: #e1d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbe51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79488,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBE51

secondary

#3B4689

accent

#5CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBE51

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

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