#CFC255#CFC255

#CFC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC255
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -8.93, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 55.94, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0283 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6653, 52.5066, 16.2692)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC255 #5562CF

analogous

#CF8555 #CFC255 #9FCF55

triadic

#CFC255 #55CFC2 #C255CF

tetradic

#CFC255 #55CF85 #5562CF #CF559F

square

#CFC255 #55CF85 #5562CF #CF559F

split-complementary

#CFC255 #559FCF #8555CF

monochromatic

#847A25 #B4A633 #CFC255 #DCD385 #EAE4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CFC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CFC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC255

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC255	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d489',
    500: '#cfc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc255;
$custom-light: #e0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80368,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC255

secondary

#3D458B

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC255

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

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