#C9BE4E#C9BE4E

#C9BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE4E
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -9.88, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 57.23, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0315 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8776, 49.7961, 14.5066)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE4E #4E59C9

analogous

#C9804E #C9BE4E #97C94E

triadic

#C9BE4E #4EC9BE #BE4EC9

tetradic

#C9BE4E #4EC980 #4E59C9 #C94E97

square

#C9BE4E #4EC980 #4E59C9 #C94E97

split-complementary

#C9BE4E #4E97C9 #804EC9

monochromatic

#787125 #A79D33 #C9BE4E #D7CF7D #E6E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C9BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE4E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE4E	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd184',
    500: '#c9be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be4e;
$custom-light: #dcd184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78922,
    "c": 0.1328,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE4E

secondary

#9FA4D3

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE4E

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

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