#C9BE39#C9BE39

#C9BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.148 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE39
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -11.08, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 65.61, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0371 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.148 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2412, 49.5415, 11.1548)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE39 #3944C9

analogous

#C97639 #C9BE39 #8CC939

triadic

#C9BE39 #39C9BE #BE39C9

tetradic

#C9BE39 #39C976 #3944C9 #C9398C

square

#C9BE39 #39C976 #3944C9 #C9398C

split-complementary

#C9BE39 #398CC9 #7639C9

monochromatic

#6B651D #9B922A #C9BE39 #D6CE69 #E3DE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#C9BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C9BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE39

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE39	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.148 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd178',
    500: '#c9be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be39;
$custom-light: #ddd178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.417,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.14792,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE39

secondary

#8F94CF

accent

#53E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161409

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE39

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

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