#CFC196#CFC196

#CFC196 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.059 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC196
RGB	rgb(207, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 37%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 28%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 27.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -1.72, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 23.54, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0022 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.059 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3075, 53.6086, 36.5457)
Luminance	0.5361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC196 #96A4CF

analogous

#CFA496 #CFC196 #C1CF96

triadic

#CFC196 #96CFC1 #C196CF

tetradic

#CFC196 #96CFA4 #96A4CF #CF96C1

square

#CFC196 #96CFA4 #96A4CF #CF96C1

split-complementary

#CFC196 #96C1CF #A496CF

monochromatic

#A18C4A #BCA86C #CFC196 #E2DAC0 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CFC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CFC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC196

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC196	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.059 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded3b5',
    500: '#cfc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc196;
$custom-light: #ded3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 37.255,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81179,
    "c": 0.05946,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC196

secondary

#6574A5

accent

#53B035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC196

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

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