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#CFCA83 — Light Muted Yellow

#CFCA83 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #CFCA83 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CFCA83 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8287CE; it also sits naturally between #CEA382 and #ADCE82. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CFCA83 · RGB 207, 202, 131

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Color values

HEX#CFCA83
RGB207, 202, 131
HSL56°, 44%, 66%
HSV56°, 37%, 81%
CMYK0%, 2%, 37%, 19%
XYZ50.95, 57.15, 29.82
Yxy57.15, 0.3694, 0.4144
CIE-Lab80.26, -8.75, 36.09
Hunter Lab75.59, -8.07, 26.39

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 79% · Blue 51%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 2% · Yellow 37% · Key 19%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CFCA83 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CFCA83 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CFCA83

.text { color: #CFCA83; }
.background { background-color: #CFCA83; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CFCA83; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(207, 202, 131); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 44%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CFCA83; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(207, 202, 131, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CFCA83; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(207, 202, 131, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CFCA83">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CFCA83">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CFCA83

#C6C06C#BDB656#ADA643#97903B#817B32#6A6629#545121#3B3817#25230E#0F0E06

Tints of #CFCA83

#D3CE8D#D7D398#DBD8A3#E0DCAE#E4E1B9#E8E6C4#ECEACF#F1EFDA#F5F4E5#F9F9F0

Tones of #CFCA83

#C9C587#C3C08D#BEBB93#B9B798#B4B29D#AEADA3

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8287CE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.69:1 Fails
Against black text12.43:1 AAA

Best text color on #CFCA83: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CFCA83

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CFCA83: ·

How #CFCA83 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CDCD94Deuteranopia · #CDCD98Tritanopia · #CFA2A5

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CFCA83 rather than the exact color:

Gentle Ruby Aurora
#E2DFA6 · #D4CF81 · #C0B949 · #B3AA2E
Palette 552244
#552244 · #596157 · #5B8C5A · #CFD186
Palette B2b377
#B2B377 · #D2D180 · #E5E483 · #F1F5A8
Vintage Monsoon
#A4326E · #A93537 · #CB9763 · #CECE8C
Gentle Ruby Mosaic
#8E4DAF · #B35567 · #C8C68A · #5CB367
Serene Ruby Dusk
#A66C55 · #C4C985 · #95CC8A · #598172

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#D4CF81#CFD186#D2D180#CECE8C#C8C68A#C4C985#D8C68A#D4CC8E#CCD67F#C2C57F#CACA91#D9D28B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CFCA82  ·  #CFCA84 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CFCA83?

#CFCA83 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 207, 202, 131). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CFCA83?

#CFCA83 is RGB 207, 202, 131 — HSL 56°, 44%, 66% — CMYK 0%, 2%, 37%, 19%.

What colors go with #CFCA83?

Its complement is #8287CE; analogous partners are #CEA382 and #ADCE82. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CFCA83 for text?

Black text on #CFCA83 has a contrast ratio of 12.43:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.69:1.