#CFBC83

sRGB: 207 / 188 / 131

Celestial flames reshape eternity
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Golden visions linger beyond yesterday

#CFBC83 belongs to the yellow family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 207 red, 188 green and 131 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 45.0° lands in the yellow region. Its 44.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 66.3% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.17:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 207, 188, 131
HSL: 45.00°, 44.19%, 66.27%
HSV / HSB: 45.00°, 36.71%, 81.18%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 9.18%, 36.71%, 18.82%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 47.810, 50.871, 28.774
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.601, -1.493, 31.321
WCAG relative luminance: 0.50871
24-bit decimal: 13614211

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CFBC83 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.17:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.88:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#8396CF sits half a turn (180°) from #CFBC83 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CFBC83 #8396CF

Analogous

#CF9683 and #BCCF83 sit 30° to either side of #CFBC83. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CF9683 #CFBC83 #BCCF83

Triadic

#CFBC83, #83CFBC and #BC83CF are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CFBC83 #83CFBC #BC83CF

Split complementary

Start at #CFBC83 and look across the wheel. #83BCCF and #9683CF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CFBC83 #83BCCF #9683CF

Square

Starting with #CFBC83, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #83CF96, #8396CF, then #CF83BC. Across the square, #CFBC83 pairs with #8396CF, and #83CF96 with #CF83BC.

#CFBC83 #83CF96 #8396CF #CF83BC

Tetradic

#CFBC83 and #8396CF are opposites, as are #96CF83 and #BC83CF. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CFBC83 #96CF83 #8396CF #BC83CF

Tints

Mixing #CFBC83 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D9C99C, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2E6, the mixture is 80% white.

#CFBC83 #D9C99C #E2D7B5 #ECE4CD #F5F2E6 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CFBC83 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A69669, keeps 80% of the original. By #29261A, the mixture is 80% black.

#CFBC83 #A69669 #7C714F #534B34 #29261A #000000

Tones

Mixing #CFBC83 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BFB082, keeps 80% of the original. By #908C81, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CFBC83 #BFB082 #AFA482 #A09881 #908C81 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CFBC83

RGB

rgb(207 188 131)

HSL

hsl(45.000 44.186% 66.275%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CFBC83;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CFBC83 uses 207 red, 188 green and 131 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 81.2%

Green 73.7%

Blue 51.4%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CFBC83 is 0.0% cyan, 9.2% magenta, 36.7% yellow and 18.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 9.2%

Yellow 36.7%

Black 18.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBB88. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CB8 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CFBC83 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBB88 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#CFBC83 #C2B690 #B6AF9C #A9A9A9 #9CA3B6 #909CC2 #8396CF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CFBC83 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C8BA7F

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#CDBF85

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DAB3AD

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CBBB81

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CDBE84

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1BA94

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C6BCA3

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.62396 G 0.50289 B 0.22697

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.79920 G 0.73989 B 0.54076

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.60247 G 0.50691 B 0.25372

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.375 y 0.399 Y 50.871

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 18.824 M % 26.275 Y % 48.627

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001111 10111100 10000011