#CFC156#CFC156

#CFC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC156
RGB	rgb(207, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -8.34, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 55.12, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0265 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.129 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4835, 52.0790, 16.4060)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC156 #5664CF

analogous

#CF8556 #CFC156 #A0CF56

triadic

#CFC156 #56CFC1 #C156CF

tetradic

#CFC156 #56CF85 #5664CF #CF56A0

square

#CFC156 #56CF85 #5664CF #CF56A0

split-complementary

#CFC156 #56A0CF #8556CF

monochromatic

#857A26 #B5A633 #CFC156 #DDD286 #EAE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CFC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CFC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC156

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC156	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d389',
    500: '#cfc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc156;
$custom-light: #e0d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80169,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC156

secondary

#3D468C

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC156

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

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