#CFC259#CFC259

#CFC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC259
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -8.63, 53.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 54.14, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.027 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8287, 52.5720, 17.1299)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC259 #5966CF

analogous

#CF8759 #CFC259 #A1CF59

triadic

#CFC259 #59CFC2 #C259CF

tetradic

#CFC259 #59CF87 #5966CF #CF59A1

square

#CFC259 #59CF87 #5966CF #CF59A1

split-complementary

#CFC259 #59A1CF #8759CF

monochromatic

#877C27 #B6A835 #CFC259 #DDD388 #EAE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CFC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CFC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC259

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC259	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)

#D2BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d48b',
    500: '#cfc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc259;
$custom-light: #e0d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80411,
    "c": 0.12696,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC259

secondary

#3F478E

accent

#5ADE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC259

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

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