#CFD259#CFD259

#CFD259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.143 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFD259
RGB	rgb(207, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -16.72, 58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 60.58, 106.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.05 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.143 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5832, 60.0811, 18.3815)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFD259 #5C59D2

analogous

#D29859 #CFD259 #92D259

triadic

#CFD259 #59CFD2 #D259CF

tetradic

#CFD259 #59D298 #5C59D2 #D25992

square

#CFD259 #59D298 #5C59D2 #D25992

split-complementary

#CFD259 #5992D2 #9859D2

monochromatic

#888B26 #B8BB33 #CFD259 #DDDF89 #EBECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CFD259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#CFD259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFD259

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFD259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFD259	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfd259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.143 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df8c',
    500: '#cfd259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfd259;
$custom-light: #e0df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfd259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83803,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFD259

secondary

#403E91

accent

#47E14B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFD259

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

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