#CFBE5B#CFBE5B

#CFBE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBE5B
RGB	rgb(207, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 56%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -6.42, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 51.74, 97.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0205 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0355, 50.8495, 17.2855)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBE5B #5B6CCF

analogous

#CF845B #CFBE5B #A6CF5B

triadic

#CFBE5B #5BCFBE #BE5BCF

tetradic

#CFBE5B #5BCF84 #5B6CCF #CF5BA6

square

#CFBE5B #5BCF84 #5B6CCF #CF5BA6

split-complementary

#CFBE5B #5BA6CF #845BCF

monochromatic

#887A28 #B7A436 #CFBE5B #DDD18A #EBE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CFBE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#CFBE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBE5B

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBE5B	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbe5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d18c',
    500: '#cfbe5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbe5b;
$custom-light: #e0d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbe5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79598,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBE5B

secondary

#404B8F

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBE5B

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

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