#CFC261#CFC261

#CFC261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC261
RGB	rgb(207, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -8.00, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 50.45, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0243 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1831, 52.7137, 18.9963)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC261 #616ECF

analogous

#CF8B61 #CFC261 #A5CF61

triadic

#CFC261 #61CFC2 #C261CF

tetradic

#CFC261 #61CF8B #616ECF #CF61A5

square

#CFC261 #61CF8B #616ECF #CF61A5

split-complementary

#CFC261 #61A5CF #8B61CF

monochromatic

#8B802A #BAAB39 #CFC261 #DDD490 #ECE6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CFC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CFC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC261

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC261	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d490',
    500: '#cfc261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc261;
$custom-light: #e0d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80505,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC261

secondary

#424C92

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC261

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

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