#C9BE53#C9BE53

#C9BE53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE53
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -9.53, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 55.04, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0299 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0637, 49.8705, 15.4868)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE53 #535EC9

analogous

#C98353 #C9BE53 #99C953

triadic

#C9BE53 #53C9BE #BE53C9

tetradic

#C9BE53 #53C983 #535EC9 #C95399

square

#C9BE53 #53C983 #535EC9 #C95399

split-complementary

#C9BE53 #5399C9 #8353C9

monochromatic

#7B7327 #AA9F35 #C9BE53 #D8D082 #E6E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#C9BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE53

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE53	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd187',
    500: '#c9be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be53;
$custom-light: #dcd187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78973,
    "c": 0.12858,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE53

secondary

#A3A8D4

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE53

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

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