#C1BE59#C1BE59

#C1BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1BE59
RGB	rgb(193, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -12.41, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 52.08, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.037 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.124 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2101, 48.8868, 16.6619)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1BE59 #595CC1

analogous

#C18A59 #C1BE59 #90C159

triadic

#C1BE59 #59C1BE #BE59C1

tetradic

#C1BE59 #59C18A #595CC1 #C15990

square

#C1BE59 #59C18A #595CC1 #C15990

split-complementary

#C1BE59 #5990C1 #8A59C1

monochromatic

#74722B #A19E3C #C1BE59 #D2CF86 #E2E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#C1BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#C1BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1BE59

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1BE59	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6d18b',
    500: '#c1be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1be59;
$custom-light: #d6d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78347,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1BE59

secondary

#A5A6D1

accent

#56D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1BE59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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