#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
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -11.39, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 68.02, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0387 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.152 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.0784, 49.4764, 10.2978)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9BE32	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9BE32

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

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