#C9BE2F#C9BE2F

#C9BE2F 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	#C9BE2F
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -11.51, 68.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 68.99, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0393 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.154 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0158, 49.4514, 9.9680)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE2F #2F3AC9

analogous

#C9712F #C9BE2F #87C92F

triadic

#C9BE2F #2FC9BE #BE2FC9

tetradic

#C9BE2F #2FC971 #2F3AC9 #C92F87

square

#C9BE2F #2FC971 #2F3AC9 #C92F87

split-complementary

#C9BE2F #2F87C9 #712FC9

monochromatic

#666018 #978F23 #C9BE2F #D9D05C #E5DE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BE2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE2F

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE2F	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)

#CFB709

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.154 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd173',
    500: '#c9be2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be2f;
$custom-light: #ddd173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78685,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE2F

secondary

#858ACF

accent

#4EE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE2F

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

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