#CFBE59#CFBE59

#CFBE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBE59
RGB	rgb(207, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -6.57, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 52.66, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0211 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9504, 50.8154, 16.8372)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBE59 #596ACF

analogous

#CF8359 #CFBE59 #A5CF59

triadic

#CFBE59 #59CFBE #BE59CF

tetradic

#CFBE59 #59CF83 #596ACF #CF59A5

square

#CFBE59 #59CF83 #596ACF #CF59A5

split-complementary

#CFBE59 #59A5CF #8359CF

monochromatic

#877927 #B6A335 #CFBE59 #DDD188 #EAE3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CFBE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#CFBE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBE59

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBE59	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbe59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d18b',
    500: '#cfbe59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbe59;
$custom-light: #e0d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbe59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79575,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBE59

secondary

#3F4A8E

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBE59

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

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