#C9BE3A#C9BE3A

#C9BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.147 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE3A
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -11.03, 64.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 65.25, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0369 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.147 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2664, 49.5516, 11.2875)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE3A #3A45C9

analogous

#C9773A #C9BE3A #8CC93A

triadic

#C9BE3A #3AC9BE #BE3AC9

tetradic

#C9BE3A #3AC977 #3A45C9 #C93A8C

square

#C9BE3A #3AC977 #3A45C9 #C93A8C

split-complementary

#C9BE3A #3A8CC9 #773AC9

monochromatic

#6B651D #9B932B #C9BE3A #D6CE6A #E3DE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C9BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE3A

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE3A	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#CFB724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.147 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd179',
    500: '#c9be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be3a;
$custom-light: #ddd179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78754,
    "c": 0.1473,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE3A

secondary

#9095CF

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE3A

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

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