#CFD856#CFD856

#CFD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.152 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFD856
RGB	rgb(207, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -19.89, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 64.40, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0593 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.152 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9690, 63.0501, 18.2345)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFD856 #5F56D8

analogous

#D8A056 #CFD856 #8ED856

triadic

#CFD856 #56CFD8 #D856CF

tetradic

#CFD856 #56D8A0 #5F56D8 #D8568E

square

#CFD856 #56D8A0 #5F56D8 #D8568E

split-complementary

#CFD856 #568ED8 #A056D8

monochromatic

#8A9222 #B9C42D #CFD856 #DDE388 #EBEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CFD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#CFD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFD856

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFD856	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.152 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e38b',
    500: '#cfd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfd856;
$custom-light: #e0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.154,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85062,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFD856

secondary

#413B97

accent

#42E64E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFD856

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

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