#C9BE31#C9BE31

#C9BE31 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	#C9BE31
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -11.43, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 68.35, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0389 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.153 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.0571, 49.4679, 10.1854)
Luminance	0.4947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE31 #313CC9

analogous

#C97231 #C9BE31 #88C931

triadic

#C9BE31 #31C9BE #BE31C9

tetradic

#C9BE31 #31C972 #313CC9 #C93188

square

#C9BE31 #31C972 #313CC9 #C93188

split-complementary

#C9BE31 #3188C9 #7231C9

monochromatic

#676119 #988F25 #C9BE31 #D8CF5F #E4DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#C9BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE31

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE31	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)

#CFB710

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.153 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd174',
    500: '#c9be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be31;
$custom-light: #ddd174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.658,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78696,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE31

secondary

#878CCF

accent

#4FE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE31

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

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