#C9BE2C#C9BE2C

#C9BE2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.155 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE2C
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 78.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -11.62, 68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 69.90, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0398 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.155 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9574, 49.4280, 9.6602)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE2C #2C37C9

analogous

#C96F2C #C9BE2C #85C92C

triadic

#C9BE2C #2CC9BE #BE2CC9

tetradic

#C9BE2C #2CC96F #2C37C9 #C92C85

square

#C9BE2C #2CC96F #2C37C9 #C92C85

split-complementary

#C9BE2C #2C85C9 #6F2CC9

monochromatic

#655F16 #978F21 #C9BE2C #DAD158 #E5DF8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BE2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE2C

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE2C	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.155 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded172',
    500: '#c9be2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be2c;
$custom-light: #ded172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.796,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78669,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE2C

secondary

#8287CF

accent

#4CE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE2C

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

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