#C9BE55#C9BE55

#C9BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.127 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE55
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -9.39, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 54.14, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0293 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.127 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1420, 49.9019, 15.8994)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE55 #5560C9

analogous

#C98455 #C9BE55 #9AC955

triadic

#C9BE55 #55C9BE #BE55C9

tetradic

#C9BE55 #55C984 #5560C9 #C9559A

square

#C9BE55 #55C984 #5560C9 #C9559A

split-complementary

#C9BE55 #559AC9 #8455C9

monochromatic

#7C7427 #ABA036 #C9BE55 #D8D083 #E7E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C9BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE55

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE55	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.127 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd188',
    500: '#c9be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be55;
$custom-light: #dcd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78995,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE55

secondary

#A5A9D5

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE55

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

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