#C9BE2E#C9BE2E

#C9BE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.154 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE2E
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -11.55, 68.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 69.30, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0395 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.154 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9959, 49.4434, 9.8630)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE2E #2E39C9

analogous

#C9702E #C9BE2E #86C92E

triadic

#C9BE2E #2EC9BE #BE2EC9

tetradic

#C9BE2E #2EC970 #2E39C9 #C92E86

square

#C9BE2E #2EC970 #2E39C9 #C92E86

split-complementary

#C9BE2E #2E86C9 #702EC9

monochromatic

#656017 #978F23 #C9BE2E #D9D05B #E5DF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE2E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE2E	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)

#CFB706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.154 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd173',
    500: '#c9be2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be2e;
$custom-light: #ddd173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.742,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.15406,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE2E

secondary

#8489CF

accent

#4EE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE2E

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

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