#C9BE2D#C9BE2D

#C9BE2D 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	#C9BE2D
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -11.58, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 69.60, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0396 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.155 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9764, 49.4356, 9.7604)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE2D #2D38C9

analogous

#C9702D #C9BE2D #86C92D

triadic

#C9BE2D #2DC9BE #BE2DC9

tetradic

#C9BE2D #2DC970 #2D38C9 #C92D86

square

#C9BE2D #2DC970 #2D38C9 #C92D86

split-complementary

#C9BE2D #2D86C9 #702DC9

monochromatic

#655F17 #978F22 #C9BE2D #DAD159 #E5DF8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE2D

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE2D	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)

#CFB702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.155 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded172',
    500: '#c9be2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be2d;
$custom-light: #ded172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.769,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78674,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE2D

secondary

#8388CF

accent

#4DE641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE2D

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

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