#CFC557#CFC557

#CFC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.132 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC557
RGB	rgb(207, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -10.32, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 56.19, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0321 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.132 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4203, 53.8877, 16.9184)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC557 #5761CF

analogous

#CF8957 #CFC557 #9DCF57

triadic

#CFC557 #57CFC5 #C557CF

tetradic

#CFC557 #57CF89 #5761CF #CF579D

square

#CFC557 #57CF89 #5761CF #CF579D

split-complementary

#CFC557 #579DCF #8957CF

monochromatic

#857E26 #B5AA34 #CFC557 #DDD587 #EAE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CFC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CFC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC557

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC557	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.132 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d68a',
    500: '#cfc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc557;
$custom-light: #e0d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8102,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC557

secondary

#3E448C

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC557

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

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