#C9BE3C#C9BE3C

#C9BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.146 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE3C
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -10.93, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 64.51, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0364 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.146 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3182, 49.5723, 11.5607)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE3C #3C47C9

analogous

#C9773C #C9BE3C #8DC93C

triadic

#C9BE3C #3CC9BE #BE3CC9

tetradic

#C9BE3C #3CC977 #3C47C9 #C93C8D

square

#C9BE3C #3CC977 #3C47C9 #C93C8D

split-complementary

#C9BE3C #3C8DC9 #773CC9

monochromatic

#6D661E #9C942B #C9BE3C #D6CE6C #E4DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#C9BE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE3C

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE3C	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)

#CFB727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.146 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17a',
    500: '#c9be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be3c;
$custom-light: #ddd17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.14602,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE3C

secondary

#9196D0

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE3C

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

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