#C9BE4F#C9BE4F

#C9BE4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE4F
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 60.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -9.81, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 56.80, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0312 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9137, 49.8105, 14.6968)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE4F #4F5AC9

analogous

#C9814F #C9BE4F #97C94F

triadic

#C9BE4F #4FC9BE #BE4FC9

tetradic

#C9BE4F #4FC981 #4F5AC9 #C94F97

square

#C9BE4F #4FC981 #4F5AC9 #C94F97

split-complementary

#C9BE4F #4F97C9 #814FC9

monochromatic

#797125 #A79D33 #C9BE4F #D7CF7E #E6E1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#C9BE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#C9BE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE4F

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE4F	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)

#CEB842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd185',
    500: '#c9be4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be4f;
$custom-light: #dcd185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 53.043,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78932,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE4F

secondary

#A0A5D4

accent

#58DC4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9EF

border

#D4D2CA

text

#15140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE4F

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

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