#C9BE30#C9BE30

#C9BE30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.153 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE30
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -11.47, 67.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 68.67, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0391 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.153 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0362, 49.4595, 10.0755)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE30 #303BC9

analogous

#C97230 #C9BE30 #88C930

triadic

#C9BE30 #30C9BE #BE30C9

tetradic

#C9BE30 #30C972 #303BC9 #C93088

square

#C9BE30 #30C972 #303BC9 #C93088

split-complementary

#C9BE30 #3088C9 #7230C9

monochromatic

#666118 #988F24 #C9BE30 #D8D05E #E4DE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BE30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE30

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE30	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)

#CFB70D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.153 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd174',
    500: '#c9be30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be30;
$custom-light: #ddd174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.686,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78691,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE30

secondary

#868BCF

accent

#4FE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE30

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

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