#CFC856#CFC856

#CFC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.135 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFC856
RGB	rgb(207, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -11.91, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 57.80, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.0367 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.135 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0677, 55.2474, 16.9341)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFC856 #565DCF

analogous

#CF8C56 #CFC856 #99CF56

triadic

#CFC856 #56CFC8 #C856CF

tetradic

#CFC856 #56CF8C #565DCF #CF5699

square

#CFC856 #56CF8C #565DCF #CF5699

split-complementary

#CFC856 #5699CF #8C56CF

monochromatic

#857F26 #B5AD33 #CFC856 #DDD886 #EAE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CFC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CFC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFC856

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFC856	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.135 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d88a',
    500: '#cfc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfc856;
$custom-light: #e0d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81643,
    "c": 0.13539,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFC856

secondary

#3D428C

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFC856

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

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