#CFC173#CFC173

#CFC173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.100 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC173
RGB	rgb(207, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 44.4%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -5.84, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 41.34, 98.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0163 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.1 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8978, 52.6447, 23.8547)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC173 #7381CF

analogous

#CF9373 #CFC173 #AFCF73

triadic

#CFC173 #73CFC1 #C173CF

tetradic

#CFC173 #73CF93 #7381CF #CF73AF

square

#CFC173 #73CF93 #7381CF #CF73AF

split-complementary

#CFC173 #73AFCF #9373CF

monochromatic

#958633 #BFAD45 #CFC173 #DFD5A1 #EEE9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CFC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CFC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC173

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC173	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.100 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd39c',
    500: '#cfc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc173;
$custom-light: #dfd39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80545,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC173

secondary

#4C589B

accent

#40BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC173

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

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