#CFC256#CFC256

#CFC256 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	#CFC256
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -8.86, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 55.49, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.028 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7053, 52.5226, 16.4800)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC256 #5663CF

analogous

#CF8656 #CFC256 #9FCF56

triadic

#CFC256 #56CFC2 #C256CF

tetradic

#CFC256 #56CF86 #5663CF #CF569F

square

#CFC256 #56CF86 #5663CF #CF569F

split-complementary

#CFC256 #569FCF #8656CF

monochromatic

#857B26 #B5A733 #CFC256 #DDD386 #EAE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CFC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CFC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC256

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC256	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)

#D2BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d489',
    500: '#cfc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc256;
$custom-light: #e0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC256

secondary

#3D468C

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC256

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

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