#C9BE37#C9BE37

#C9BE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.149 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE37
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -11.17, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 66.32, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0376 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.149 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.1923, 49.5220, 10.8972)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE37 #3742C9

analogous

#C97537 #C9BE37 #8BC937

triadic

#C9BE37 #37C9BE #BE37C9

tetradic

#C9BE37 #37C975 #3742C9 #C9378B

square

#C9BE37 #37C975 #3742C9 #C9378B

split-complementary

#C9BE37 #378BC9 #7537C9

monochromatic

#69631C #999129 #C9BE37 #D6CE67 #E3DD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#C9BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE37

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE37	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)

#CFB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.149 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd177',
    500: '#c9be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be37;
$custom-light: #ddd177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.479,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78734,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE37

secondary

#8D92CF

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE37

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

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