contourf(X,Y,Z), contourf(X,Y,Z,n), and contourf(X,Y,Z,v) draw filled contour plots of Z using X and Y to determine the x and y values.
If X and Y are vectors, then length(X) must equal size(Z,2) and length(Y) must equal size(Z,1). The vectors must be strictly increasing or strictly decreasing and cannot contain any repeated values.
If X and Y are matrices, then their sizes must equal the size of Z. Typically, you should set X and Y so that the columns are strictly increasing or strictly decreasing and the rows are uniform (or the rows are strictly increasing or strictly decreasing and the columns are uniform).