#CFBE56#CFBE56

#CFBE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBE56
RGB	rgb(207, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -6.80, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 54.03, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0221 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8270, 50.7660, 16.1872)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBE56 #5667CF

analogous

#CF8156 #CFBE56 #A4CF56

triadic

#CFBE56 #56CFBE #BE56CF

tetradic

#CFBE56 #56CF81 #5667CF #CF56A4

square

#CFBE56 #56CF81 #5667CF #CF56A4

split-complementary

#CFBE56 #56A4CF #8156CF

monochromatic

#857726 #B5A233 #CFBE56 #DDD086 #EAE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CFBE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#CFBE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBE56

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBE56	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbe56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d189',
    500: '#cfbe56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbe56;
$custom-light: #e0d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbe56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBE56

secondary

#3D488C

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBE56

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

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