#CFC159#CFC159

#CFC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC159
RGB	rgb(207, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -8.12, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 53.77, 98.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0256 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6069, 52.1283, 17.0560)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC159 #5967CF

analogous

#CF8659 #CFC159 #A2CF59

triadic

#CFC159 #59CFC1 #C159CF

tetradic

#CFC159 #59CF86 #5967CF #CF59A2

square

#CFC159 #59CF86 #5967CF #CF59A2

split-complementary

#CFC159 #59A2CF #8659CF

monochromatic

#877B27 #B6A735 #CFC159 #DDD388 #EAE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CFC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CFC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC159

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC159	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d38b',
    500: '#cfc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc159;
$custom-light: #e0d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80202,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC159

secondary

#3F488E

accent

#5BDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC159

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

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