#CFCF59#CFCF59

#CFCF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.140 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFCF59
RGB	rgb(207, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -15.22, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 59.32, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0458 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.14 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8495, 58.6136, 18.1369)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFCF59 #5959CF

analogous

#CF9459 #CFCF59 #94CF59

triadic

#CFCF59 #59CFCF #CF59CF

tetradic

#CFCF59 #59CF94 #5959CF #CF5994

square

#CFCF59 #59CF94 #5959CF #CF5994

split-complementary

#CFCF59 #5994CF #9459CF

monochromatic

#878727 #B6B635 #CFCF59 #DDDD88 #EAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CFCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CFCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFCF59

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFCF59	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.140 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0dd8c',
    500: '#cfcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfcf59;
$custom-light: #e0dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83162,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFCF59

secondary

#3F3F8E

accent

#49DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFCF59

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

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