#CFC459#CFC459

#CFC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC459
RGB	rgb(207, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -9.66, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 54.90, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.03 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2768, 53.4682, 17.2793)
Luminance	0.5347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC459 #5964CF

analogous

#CF8959 #CFC459 #9FCF59

triadic

#CFC459 #59CFC4 #C459CF

tetradic

#CFC459 #59CF89 #5964CF #CF599F

square

#CFC459 #59CF89 #5964CF #CF599F

split-complementary

#CFC459 #599FCF #8959CF

monochromatic

#877E27 #B6AA35 #CFC459 #DDD588 #EAE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CFC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CFC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC459

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC459	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d58b',
    500: '#cfc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc459;
$custom-light: #e0d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80831,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC459

secondary

#3F468E

accent

#57DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC459

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

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