#CFBF51#CFBF51

#CFBF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBF51
RGB	rgb(207, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -7.66, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 56.61, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0252 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8499, 51.1229, 15.2356)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBF51 #5161CF

analogous

#CF8051 #CFBF51 #A0CF51

triadic

#CFBF51 #51CFBF #BF51CF

tetradic

#CFBF51 #51CF80 #5161CF #CF51A0

square

#CFBF51 #51CF80 #5161CF #CF51A0

split-complementary

#CFBF51 #51A0CF #8051CF

monochromatic

#827624 #B2A131 #CFBF51 #DCD181 #E9E2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CFBF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CFBF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBF51

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBF51	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d286',
    500: '#cfbf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbf51;
$custom-light: #e1d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79698,
    "c": 0.1311,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBF51

secondary

#3B4589

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBF51

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

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