#CFBD8E — Light Yellow

#CFBD8E is a light yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#CFBD8E color swatch, light yellow#CFBD8E
CSS Nametan (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f5f2
100#eceae2
200#dfd9ca
300#cac0a5
400#b0a179
500#9c8a5a
600#89784a
700#736339
800#60522d
900#514525
950#302813

Accessibility

Contrast on white
1.85:1
Contrast on black
11.32:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.005 89.5); /* #f7f5f2 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.01 89.5); /* #eceae2 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.021 89.5); /* #dfd9ca */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.039 89.5); /* #cac0a5 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.057 89.5); /* #b0a179 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.069 89.5); /* #9c8a5a */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.068 89.5); /* #89784a */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.063 89.5); /* #736339 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.057 89.5); /* #60522d */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.051 89.5); /* #514525 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.036 89.5); /* #302813 */
}

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