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#cfd39c

a light, soft yellow · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Morning Brass

RGB
207, 211, 156
HSL
64°, 39%, 72%
CMYK
2, 0, 26, 17
Luminance
0.6225

#cfd39c is a light soft yellow, 64° on the wheel and 29/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.45:1). As text it scores 1.56:1 on white — use #737835 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(64 39% 72%)rgb(207 211 156)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #cfd39c is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#cfd39c
Hue
64°
yellow
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
72%
light
Brightness
83%
HSV value
Perceived
80%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6225
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
29/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
13.45:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 6.1
Chroma
28.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.850
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 17.8
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue64° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness72%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #cfd39c.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool29% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green75%
Blue4%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#cfd39c
HEX (8-digit)#cfd39cff
RGBrgb(207, 211, 156)
RGBArgba(207, 211, 156, 1)
HSLhsl(64, 39%, 72%)
HSV / HSBhsv(64, 26%, 83%)
HWBhwb(64 61% 17%)
CMYKcmyk(2%, 0%, 26%, 17%)
LABlab(83.0 -10.2 26.9)
LCHlch(83.0 28.7 110.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.850 0.073 111.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(55.03, 62.25, 40.56)
Decimal13620124
Display P3color(display-p3 0.812 0.827 0.612)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #cfd39c;
background-color: #cfd39c;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #cfd39c;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#cfd39c] bg-[#cfd39c]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #cfd39c;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.812, green: 0.827, blue: 0.612)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.812, green: 0.827, blue: 0.612, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#CFD39C</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFCFD39C)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFCFD39C)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(156, 211, 207)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(207, 211, 156)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(207, 211, 156)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 207, 211, 156)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8118f, 0.8275f, 0.6118f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{207,211,156}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #cfd39c 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #cfd39c 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#555827, #EAECD5);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #cfd39c h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F9FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F4F4EB;
  --brand-200: #E7E9D3;
  --brand-300: #D9DCB1;
  --brand-400: #cfd39c;
  --brand-500: #B4BA64;
  --brand-600: #A3AA4B;
  --brand-700: #888D3F;
  --brand-800: #6C7132;
  --brand-900: #505328;
  --brand-950: #323419;
  --brand: #cfd39c;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E4E6C6;
  --brand-hover: #C3C883;
  --brand-pressed: #B7BD6B;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #EAECD5;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F9FAF5',
        100: '#F4F4EB',
        200: '#E7E9D3',
        300: '#D9DCB1',
        400: '#cfd39c',
        500: '#B4BA64',
        600: '#A3AA4B',
        700: '#888D3F',
        800: '#6C7132',
        900: '#505328',
        950: '#323419',
        DEFAULT: '#cfd39c',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F9FAF5,
  '100': #F4F4EB,
  '200': #E7E9D3,
  '300': #D9DCB1,
  '400': #cfd39c,
  '500': #B4BA64,
  '600': #A3AA4B,
  '700': #888D3F,
  '800': #6C7132,
  '900': #505328,
  '950': #323419,
);
$brand-base: #cfd39c;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F9FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F4EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E7E9D3", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#D9DCB1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#cfd39c", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#B4BA64", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#A3AA4B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#888D3F", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#6C7132", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#505328", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#323419", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #cfd39c · 13.45:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.56:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.45:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #cfd39c as text scores 1.56:1 on white and 13.45:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #555827 at 4.78:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#737835 · 4.70:1
AA on white−38% L
#737835
The quick fox
#585C29 · 7.05:1
AAA on white−46% L
#585C29
The quick fox
#cfd39c · 13.45:1
AA on blackalready passes
#cfd39c
The quick fox
#cfd39c · 13.45:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#cfd39c

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #929843 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#cfd39c on white: 1.56:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#cfd39c on black: 13.45:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #cfd39c as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #cfd39c.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.56:1AaAa
Slate 501.49:1AaAa
Slate 1001.43:1AaAa
Slate 2001.27:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.64:1AaAa
Slate 5003.05:1AaAa
Slate 6004.85:1AaAa
Slate 7006.63:1AaAa
Slate 8009.37:1AaAa
Slate 90011.43:1AaAa
Black13.45:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #DCCE98
deuteranopia · #DCD09E
tritanopia · #D6CCC4

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #cfd39c is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F9FAF5
#F4F4EB
#E7E9D3
#D9DCB1
#cfd39c
#B4BA64
#A3AA4B
#888D3F
#6C7132
#505328
#323419
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #F9FAF5Darkest = 950 · #323419Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.018 111.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 111.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.044 111.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.057 111.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.067 111.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.073 111.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.073 111.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.068 111.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.061 111.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.051 111.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 111.3);
}

Colors that work with #cfd39c

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E4E6C6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#959B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3A4A92
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#555827
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F6F7ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#C3C883
One step down in lightness
Pressed#B7BD6B
Two steps down
Disabled#F3F3EC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#DBDFA4
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #cfd39c

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #555827
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #929843

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight28/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#A09CD3
Analogous left#D3BC9C
Analogous right#B4D39C
Split-complement 1#9CB4D3
Split-complement 2#BC9CD3
Triadic 1#9CCFD3
Triadic 2#D39CCF
Tetradic#9CD3BC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°64°

#cfd39c sits at 64°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red81.2%
Green82.7%
Blue61.2%
R · 0–255
207
0xcf
G · 0–255
211
0xd3
B · 0–255
156
0x9c

CMYK percentages

Cyan1.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow26.1%
Key (black)17.3%

Total ink coverage is 45%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#cfd39c text on a black background

contrast 13.45:1

Card sample

#cfd39c text on a white background

contrast 1.56:1

Card sample

#cfd39c on grey

1.43:1

#cfd39c on its own surface

1.49:1

#cfd39c on its dark surface

10.08:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #cfd39c;
Background color
Panel with #cfd39c background
background-color: #cfd39c;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #cfd39c;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(207, 211, 156, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(207, 211, 156, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #cfd39c;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #cfd39c, #AAD39C);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cfd39c, #9DD39C);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #cfd39c;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #cfd39c;
caret-color: #cfd39c;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #cfd39c;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F6F7ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #cfd39c;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#cfd39c 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #cfd39c over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(207, 211, 156, 0.5)
rgb(207 211 156 / 50%)
#cfd39c80
hsl(64 39% 72% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #cfd39c 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#cfd39c1a#FAFBF5
20%#cfd39c33#F5F6EB
40%#cfd39c66#ECEDD7
60%#cfd39c99#E2E5C4
80%#cfd39ccc#D9DCB0

Gradients from #cfd39c

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E4E6C6, #cfd39c 45%, #555827);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #cfd39c, #93CA87);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #cfd39c, #A09CD3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EEEFDC 0%, #cfd39c 45%, #555827 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E3D1BF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C0DCB1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #555827 0%, transparent 65%), #cfd39c;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #cfd39c

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#cfd39c in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 13.45:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#cfd39c, answered

What color is #cfd39c?

#cfd39c is a light soft yellow, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 6.1). It sits at 64° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 72% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #cfd39c?

rgb(207, 211, 156) — 207 red, 211 green and 156 blue out of 255, or 81.2% / 82.7% / 61.2% by channel.

What is #cfd39c in HSL and HSV?

hsl(64, 39%, 72%) and hsv(64, 26%, 83%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #cfd39c a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6225 and perceived brightness is 80%, so black text on it reaches 13.45:1.

Should I use black or white text on #cfd39c?

Black. It scores 13.45:1 against #cfd39c, versus 1.56:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #cfd39c accessible on a white background?

#cfd39c on white scores 1.56:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #737835 to reach 4.5:1, or #585C29 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #cfd39c?

#A09CD3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #9CB4D3 and #BC9CD3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #cfd39c?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E4E6C6 for borders, #959B4B for secondary text, #3A4A92 as an accent and #555827 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #D3BC9C and #B4D39C stays calm, while #A09CD3 is the loudest partner.

What is #cfd39c in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(2%, 0%, 26%, 17%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #cfd39c warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 29 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #D3C39C; nudged cooler, #BBD59B.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #cfd39c?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 17.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #cfd39c as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #cfd39c in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#cfd39c] or text-[#cfd39c], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #cfd39c with 50% opacity?

rgba(207, 211, 156, 0.5), or #cfd39c80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #E7E9CE; over black, #686A4E.

Is #cfd39c a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 2.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #cfd39c mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #cfd39c?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E4E6C6, #cfd39c 45%, #555827). For more colour, a short hue run to #93CA87 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #cfd39c in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #cfd39c at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.