#CFBF56#CFBF56

#CFBF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBF56
RGB	rgb(207, 191, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -7.31, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 54.39, 97.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0236 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.127 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0443, 51.2007, 16.2596)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBF56 #5666CF

analogous

#CF8256 #CFBF56 #A3CF56

triadic

#CFBF56 #56CFBF #BF56CF

tetradic

#CFBF56 #56CF82 #5666CF #CF56A3

square

#CFBF56 #56CF82 #5666CF #CF56A3

split-complementary

#CFBF56 #56A3CF #8256CF

monochromatic

#857826 #B5A333 #CFBF56 #DDD186 #EAE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CFBF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CFBF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBF56

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBF56	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 191, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d289',
    500: '#cfbf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbf56;
$custom-light: #e0d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7975,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBF56

secondary

#3D488C

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBF56

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

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