#C9BE42#C9BE42

#C9BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE42
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -10.62, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 62.21, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0349 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4859, 49.6394, 12.4439)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE42 #424DC9

analogous

#C97A42 #C9BE42 #91C942

triadic

#C9BE42 #42C9BE #BE42C9

tetradic

#C9BE42 #42C97A #424DC9 #C94291

square

#C9BE42 #42C97A #424DC9 #C94291

split-complementary

#C9BE42 #4291C9 #7A42C9

monochromatic

#706A20 #A0972E #C9BE42 #D7CE72 #E4DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C9BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE42

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE42	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)

#CEB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17d',
    500: '#c9be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be42;
$custom-light: #ddd17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.14197,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE42

secondary

#969BD1

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE42

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

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