#C9BE56#C9BE56

#C9BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE56
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -9.31, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 53.69, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% -0.0289 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1820, 49.9179, 16.1101)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE56 #5661C9

analogous

#C98556 #C9BE56 #9BC956

triadic

#C9BE56 #56C9BE #BE56C9

tetradic

#C9BE56 #56C985 #5661C9 #C9569B

square

#C9BE56 #56C985 #5661C9 #C9569B

split-complementary

#C9BE56 #569BC9 #8556C9

monochromatic

#7D7528 #ABA037 #C9BE56 #D8D084 #E7E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#C9BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE56

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE56	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)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd189',
    500: '#c9be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be56;
$custom-light: #dcd189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79006,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE56

secondary

#A6AAD5

accent

#5ADB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE56

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

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