#CFC257#CFC257

#CFC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.129 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC257
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -8.78, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 55.04, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0277 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.129 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7458, 52.5388, 16.6936)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC257 #5764CF

analogous

#CF8657 #CFC257 #A0CF57

triadic

#CFC257 #57CFC2 #C257CF

tetradic

#CFC257 #57CF86 #5764CF #CF57A0

square

#CFC257 #57CF86 #5764CF #CF57A0

split-complementary

#CFC257 #57A0CF #8657CF

monochromatic

#857B26 #B5A734 #CFC257 #DDD387 #EAE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CFC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CFC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC257

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC257	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.129 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d48a',
    500: '#cfc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc257;
$custom-light: #e0d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80389,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC257

secondary

#3E468C

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC257

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

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