#CFC53B#CFC53B

#CFC53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.152 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC53B
RGB	rgb(207, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 71.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -11.99, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 67.51, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0398 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.152 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4897, 53.5154, 12.0175)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC53B #3B45CF

analogous

#CF7B3B #CFC53B #8FCF3B

triadic

#CFC53B #3BCFC5 #C53BCF

tetradic

#CFC53B #3BCF7B #3B45CF #CF3B8F

square

#CFC53B #3BCF7B #3B45CF #CF3B8F

split-complementary

#CFC53B #3B8FCF #7B3BCF

monochromatic

#736D1C #A59C28 #CFC53B #DBD46C #E7E29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CFC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CFC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC53B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC53B	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.152 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d67a',
    500: '#cfc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc53b;
$custom-light: #e1d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80777,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC53B

secondary

#32377C

accent

#4FE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC53B

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

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