#C9BE43#C9BE43

#C9BE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE43
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -10.56, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 61.82, 99.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0346 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5157, 49.6513, 12.6006)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE43 #434EC9

analogous

#C97B43 #C9BE43 #91C943

triadic

#C9BE43 #43C9BE #BE43C9

tetradic

#C9BE43 #43C97B #434EC9 #C94391

square

#C9BE43 #43C97B #434EC9 #C94391

split-complementary

#C9BE43 #4391C9 #7B43C9

monochromatic

#716A20 #A1972E #C9BE43 #D7CE73 #E4DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#C9BE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE43

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE43	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)

#CEB832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17e',
    500: '#c9be43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be43;
$custom-light: #ddd17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.075,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE43

secondary

#979CD1

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE43

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

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