#CFD959#CFD959

#CFD959 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.151 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CFD959
RGB	rgb(207, 217, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 59%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -20.16, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 63.59, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0598 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.151 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3494, 63.6134, 18.9702)
Luminance	0.6361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CFD959 #6359D9

analogous

#D9A359 #CFD959 #8FD959

triadic

#CFD959 #59CFD9 #D959CF

tetradic

#CFD959 #59D9A3 #6359D9 #D9598F

square

#CFD959 #59D9A3 #6359D9 #D9598F

split-complementary

#CFD959 #598FD9 #A359D9

monochromatic

#8C9522 #BBC72E #CFD959 #DDE48B #ECF0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CFD959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#CFD959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CFD959

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CFD959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CFD959	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cfd959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(207, 217, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.151 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e48d',
    500: '#cfd959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cfd959;
$custom-light: #e0e48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cfd959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 207,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 62.745,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85307,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CFD959

secondary

#433C9A

accent

#42E64F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CFD959

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

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