#C9BE32#C9BE32

#C9BE32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.152 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9BE32
RGBrgb(201, 190, 50)
HSLhsl(56, 60%, 49%)
HSVhsv(56, 75%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.75, -11.39, 67.06)
CIE-LCHlch(75.75, 68.02, 99.64°)
OKLaboklab(78.7% -0.0387 0.147)
OKLCHoklch(78.7% 0.152 104.7)
XYZxyz(43.0784, 49.4764, 10.2978)
Luminance0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9BE32 #323DC9
analogous
#C97332 #C9BE32 #89C932
triadic
#C9BE32 #32C9BE #BE32C9
tetradic
#C9BE32 #32C973 #323DC9 #C93289
square
#C9BE32 #32C973 #323DC9 #C93289
split-complementary
#C9BE32 #3289C9 #7332C9
monochromatic
#67611A #989026 #C9BE32 #D8CF61 #E4DE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#C9BE32 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90
#C9BE32 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE32
10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9BE32#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9BE321.001.9310.9010.90
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9021.001.001.00
##00000010.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB713
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BD3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8B1A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9be32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.152 104.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd175',
    500: '#c9be32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9be32;
$custom-light: #ddd175;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9be32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.629,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78702,
    "c": 0.15197,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9BE32
secondary
#888DCF
accent
#50E344
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF9ED
border
#D5D2C8
text
#161409
muted
#84827B

Preview Lab

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#C9BE32 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva