#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
RGBrgb(201, 190, 57)
HSLhsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(55, 72%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(75.79, -11.08, 64.67)
CIE-LCHlch(75.79, 65.61, 99.72°)
OKLaboklab(78.75% -0.0371 0.1432)
OKLCHoklch(78.75% 0.148 104.5)
XYZxyz(43.2412, 49.5415, 11.1548)
Luminance0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##C9BE391.001.9310.9110.91
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9121.001.001.00
##00000010.9121.001.001.00

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

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#C9BE39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva