#CFC657#CFC657

#CFC657 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	#CFC657
RGB	rgb(207, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 58%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -10.83, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 56.57, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0335 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6481, 54.3433, 16.9944)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC657 #5760CF

analogous

#CF8A57 #CFC657 #9CCF57

triadic

#CFC657 #57CFC6 #C657CF

tetradic

#CFC657 #57CF8A #5760CF #CF579C

square

#CFC657 #57CF8A #5760CF #CF579C

split-complementary

#CFC657 #579CCF #8A57CF

monochromatic

#857E26 #B5AB34 #CFC657 #DDD687 #EAE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CFC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CFC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC657

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC657	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d78a',
    500: '#cfc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc657;
$custom-light: #e0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81231,
    "c": 0.13255,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC657

secondary

#3E448C

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC657

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

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