#CFC551#CFC551

#CFC551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC551
RGB	rgb(207, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 60.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -10.74, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 58.81, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0339 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1853, 53.7937, 15.6807)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC551 #515BCF

analogous

#CF8651 #CFC551 #9ACF51

triadic

#CFC551 #51CFC5 #C551CF

tetradic

#CFC551 #51CF86 #515BCF #CF519A

square

#CFC551 #51CF86 #515BCF #CF519A

split-complementary

#CFC551 #519ACF #8651CF

monochromatic

#827A24 #B2A831 #CFC551 #DCD581 #E9E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CFC551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CFC551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC551

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC551	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d687',
    500: '#cfc551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc551;
$custom-light: #e1d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80959,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC551

secondary

#3B4189

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC551

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

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