#C9BE40#C9BE40

#C9BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.143 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE40
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -10.73, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 63.00, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0354 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4280, 49.6163, 12.1388)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE40 #404BC9

analogous

#C97940 #C9BE40 #90C940

triadic

#C9BE40 #40C9BE #BE40C9

tetradic

#C9BE40 #40C979 #404BC9 #C94090

square

#C9BE40 #40C979 #404BC9 #C94090

split-complementary

#C9BE40 #4090C9 #7940C9

monochromatic

#6F691F #9F962D #C9BE40 #D6CE70 #E4DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#C9BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE40

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE40	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17c',
    500: '#c9be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be40;
$custom-light: #ddd17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78798,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE40

secondary

#9499D0

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE40

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

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