#CFC656#CFC656

#CFC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC656
RGB	rgb(207, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -10.90, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 57.02, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0338 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6075, 54.3271, 16.7807)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC656 #565FCF

analogous

#CF8956 #CFC656 #9CCF56

triadic

#CFC656 #56CFC6 #C656CF

tetradic

#CFC656 #56CF89 #565FCF #CF569C

square

#CFC656 #56CF89 #565FCF #CF569C

split-complementary

#CFC656 #569CCF #8956CF

monochromatic

#857E26 #B5AB33 #CFC656 #DDD686 #EAE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CFC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CFC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC656

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC656	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d78a',
    500: '#cfc656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc656;
$custom-light: #e0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81221,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC656

secondary

#3D438C

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC656

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

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