#CFCA56#CFCA56

#CFCA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.137 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCA56
RGB	rgb(207, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -12.93, 57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 58.59, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0396 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.137 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5339, 56.1798, 17.0895)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCA56 #565BCF

analogous

#CF8E56 #CFCA56 #97CF56

triadic

#CFCA56 #56CFCA #CA56CF

tetradic

#CFCA56 #56CF8E #565BCF #CF5697

square

#CFCA56 #56CF8E #565BCF #CF5697

split-complementary

#CFCA56 #5697CF #8E56CF

monochromatic

#858126 #B5AF33 #CFCA56 #DDD986 #EAE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CFCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CFCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCA56

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCA56	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.137 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d98a',
    500: '#cfca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfca56;
$custom-light: #e0d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82067,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCA56

secondary

#3D418C

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCA56

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

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