#C9BE46#C9BE46

#C9BE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE46
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -10.39, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 60.60, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0338 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.6080, 49.6883, 13.0869)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE46 #4651C9

analogous

#C97C46 #C9BE46 #92C946

triadic

#C9BE46 #46C9BE #BE46C9

tetradic

#C9BE46 #46C97C #4651C9 #C94692

square

#C9BE46 #46C97C #4651C9 #C94692

split-complementary

#C9BE46 #4692C9 #7C46C9

monochromatic

#736C22 #A2992F #C9BE46 #D7CF75 #E5DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C9BE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE46

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE46	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd17f',
    500: '#c9be46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be46;
$custom-light: #ddd17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78848,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE46

secondary

#999ED2

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE46

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

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