#CFD490

About this color

#CFD490 is a light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 85%, its chroma 0.089 and its hue 112°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Greenish Beige (#C9D179), ΔE 0.028 away. Black text reads best on it, at 13.47:1.

Values

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 200.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F5F7EB

   oklch(97.1% 0.016 114.4)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EAECD4

   oklch(93.5% 0.032 110.9)

3. Step 200

   200 (this color)

   #CFD490

   oklch(85% 0.089 111.7)

4. Step 300

   300

   #C3C86E

   oklch(80.9% 0.114 111.5)

5. Step 400

   400

   #A4A900

   oklch(70.7% 0.156 111.9)

6. Step 500

   500

   #8D9100

   oklch(63.2% 0.14 111.7)

7. Step 600

   600

   #767900

   oklch(55.5% 0.122 111.5)

8. Step 700

   700

   #636600

   oklch(49.1% 0.109 111.8)

9. Step 800

   800

   #515300

   oklch(42.6% 0.094 111.4)

10. Step 900

    900

    #434500

    oklch(37.6% 0.083 111.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #282900

    oklch(27.1% 0.06 111.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#CFD490 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #CFD490, closest first.

• Bamboo Leaf
• Gyokuro Leaf
• Gyokuro Room
• Roller Sunset
• Noir Edition
• Spruce Ridge
• Hemlock Path
• Evergreen Light

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

• Greenish Beige #C9D179 ΔE 0.028
• Sand #E2CA76 ΔE 0.037
• Light Grey Green #B7E1A1 ΔE 0.041
• Pale Olive #B9CC81 ΔE 0.041
• Greenish Tan #BCCB7A ΔE 0.043
• Vanilla #E9D8A6 ΔE 0.048
• Pale Olive Green #B1D27B ΔE 0.050
• Pale Oak #DBCFB0 ΔE 0.051