#C9BE4A#C9BE4A

#C9BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE4A
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -10.14, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 58.94, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0327 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7385, 49.7405, 13.7742)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE4A #4A55C9

analogous

#C97F4A #C9BE4A #95C94A

triadic

#C9BE4A #4AC9BE #BE4AC9

tetradic

#C9BE4A #4AC97F #4A55C9 #C94A95

square

#C9BE4A #4AC97F #4A55C9 #C94A95

split-complementary

#C9BE4A #4A95C9 #7F4AC9

monochromatic

#766E23 #A59B31 #C9BE4A #D7CF79 #E5E0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#C9BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE4A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE4A	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)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd182',
    500: '#c9be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be4a;
$custom-light: #dcd182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78884,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE4A

secondary

#9CA1D2

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE4A

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

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