#CFC157#CFC157

#CFC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC157
RGB	rgb(207, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -8.27, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 54.67, 98.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0262 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.128 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5240, 52.0952, 16.6197)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC157 #5765CF

analogous

#CF8557 #CFC157 #A1CF57

triadic

#CFC157 #57CFC1 #C157CF

tetradic

#CFC157 #57CF85 #5765CF #CF57A1

square

#CFC157 #57CF85 #5765CF #CF57A1

split-complementary

#CFC157 #57A1CF #8557CF

monochromatic

#857A26 #B5A634 #CFC157 #DDD387 #EAE4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CFC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CFC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC157

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC157	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)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d38a',
    500: '#cfc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc157;
$custom-light: #e0d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80179,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC157

secondary

#3E478C

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC157

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

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