#CFC799#CFC799

#CFC799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.062 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC799
RGB	rgb(207, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 26.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -4.45, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 24.50, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.01 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.062 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9055, 56.4132, 38.2853)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC799 #99A1CF

analogous

#CFAC99 #CFC799 #BCCF99

triadic

#CFC799 #99CFC7 #C799CF

tetradic

#CFC799 #99CFAC #99A1CF #CF99BC

square

#CFC799 #99CFAC #99A1CF #CF99BC

split-complementary

#CFC799 #99BCCF #AC99CF

monochromatic

#A2954C #BBB06F #CFC799 #E3DEC3 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CFC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CFC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC799

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC799	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.062 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded7b7',
    500: '#cfc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc799;
$custom-light: #ded7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82473,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC799

secondary

#6871A5

accent

#48AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC799

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

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