#C9BE49#C9BE49

#C9BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE49
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -10.20, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 59.36, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.033 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7051, 49.7271, 13.5981)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE49 #4954C9

analogous

#C97E49 #C9BE49 #94C949

triadic

#C9BE49 #49C9BE #BE49C9

tetradic

#C9BE49 #49C97E #4954C9 #C94994

square

#C9BE49 #49C97E #4954C9 #C94994

split-complementary

#C9BE49 #4994C9 #7E49C9

monochromatic

#756E23 #A49A31 #C9BE49 #D7CF78 #E5E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C9BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE49

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE49	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd181',
    500: '#c9be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be49;
$custom-light: #dcd181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78875,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE49

secondary

#9CA0D2

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE49

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

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