#CFCD99#CFCD99

#CFCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.069 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCD99
RGB	rgb(207, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 26.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -7.55, 26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 27.29, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0189 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.069 106)
XYZ	xyz(53.3133, 59.2288, 38.7546)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCD99 #999BCF

analogous

#CFB299 #CFCD99 #B6CF99

triadic

#CFCD99 #99CFCD #CD99CF

tetradic

#CFCD99 #99CFB2 #999BCF #CF99B6

square

#CFCD99 #99CFB2 #999BCF #CF99B6

split-complementary

#CFCD99 #99B6CF #B299CF

monochromatic

#A29E4C #BBB96F #CFCD99 #E3E1C3 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CFCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#CFCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCD99

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCD99	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.069 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedcb7',
    500: '#cfcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfcd99;
$custom-light: #dedcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83714,
    "c": 0.06874,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.59228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCD99

secondary

#686AA5

accent

#3BAF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCD99

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

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