#C9BE47#C9BE47

#C9BE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.138 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE47
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.89, -10.33, 59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.89, 60.19, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0335 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.138 104)
XYZ	xyz(43.6399, 49.7010, 13.2545)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE47 #4752C9

analogous

#C97D47 #C9BE47 #93C947

triadic

#C9BE47 #47C9BE #BE47C9

tetradic

#C9BE47 #47C97D #4752C9 #C94793

square

#C9BE47 #47C97D #4752C9 #C94793

split-complementary

#C9BE47 #4793C9 #7D47C9

monochromatic

#746D22 #A39930 #C9BE47 #D7CF76 #E5DFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#C9BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE47

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE47	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)

#CEB838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.138 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd180',
    500: '#c9be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be47;
$custom-light: #ddd180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78857,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.49699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE47

secondary

#9A9FD2

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE47

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

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