#CFC251#CFC251

#CFC251 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC251
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -9.20, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 57.70, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0296 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5108, 52.4448, 15.4559)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC251 #515ECF

analogous

#CF8351 #CFC251 #9DCF51

triadic

#CFC251 #51CFC2 #C251CF

tetradic

#CFC251 #51CF83 #515ECF #CF519D

square

#CFC251 #51CF83 #515ECF #CF519D

split-complementary

#CFC251 #519DCF #8351CF

monochromatic

#827824 #B2A431 #CFC251 #DCD381 #E9E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CFC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#CFC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC251

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC251	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d486',
    500: '#cfc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc251;
$custom-light: #e1d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80327,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC251

secondary

#3B4389

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC251

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

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