#CFBF59#CFBF59

#CFBF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFBF59
RGB	rgb(207, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -7.09, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 53.03, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0226 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1677, 51.2501, 16.9096)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFBF59 #5969CF

analogous

#CF8459 #CFBF59 #A4CF59

triadic

#CFBF59 #59CFBF #BF59CF

tetradic

#CFBF59 #59CF84 #5969CF #CF59A4

square

#CFBF59 #59CF84 #5969CF #CF59A4

split-complementary

#CFBF59 #59A4CF #8459CF

monochromatic

#877A27 #B6A535 #CFBF59 #DDD188 #EAE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CFBF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CFBF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFBF59

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFBF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFBF59	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfbf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d28b',
    500: '#cfbf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfbf59;
$custom-light: #e0d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfbf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79783,
    "c": 0.12419,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFBF59

secondary

#3F498E

accent

#5EDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFBF59

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

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