#CFCA59#CFCA59

#CFCA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.135 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCA59
RGB	rgb(207, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -12.71, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 57.27, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0387 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.135 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6573, 56.2292, 17.7395)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCA59 #595ECF

analogous

#CF8F59 #CFCA59 #99CF59

triadic

#CFCA59 #59CFCA #CA59CF

tetradic

#CFCA59 #59CF8F #595ECF #CF5999

square

#CFCA59 #59CF8F #595ECF #CF5999

split-complementary

#CFCA59 #5999CF #8F59CF

monochromatic

#878327 #B6B135 #CFCA59 #DDD988 #EAE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CFCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CFCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCA59

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCA59	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDBEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.135 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d98c',
    500: '#cfca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfca59;
$custom-light: #e0d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82099,
    "c": 0.13483,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCA59

secondary

#3F428E

accent

#50DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCA59

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

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