#C9BE41#C9BE41

#C9BE41 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 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE41
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -10.67, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 62.61, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0352 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4567, 49.6277, 12.2900)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE41 #414CC9

analogous

#C97A41 #C9BE41 #90C941

triadic

#C9BE41 #41C9BE #BE41C9

tetradic

#C9BE41 #41C97A #414CC9 #C94190

square

#C9BE41 #41C97A #414CC9 #C94190

split-complementary

#C9BE41 #4190C9 #7A41C9

monochromatic

#706920 #9F962D #C9BE41 #D7CE71 #E4DFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C9BE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE41

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE41	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17d',
    500: '#c9be41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be41;
$custom-light: #ddd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78806,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE41

secondary

#959AD1

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE41

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

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