#C9BE57#C9BE57

#C9BE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE57
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -9.24, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 53.23, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0286 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2226, 49.9341, 16.3238)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE57 #5762C9

analogous

#C98557 #C9BE57 #9BC957

triadic

#C9BE57 #57C9BE #BE57C9

tetradic

#C9BE57 #57C985 #5762C9 #C9579B

square

#C9BE57 #57C985 #5762C9 #C9579B

split-complementary

#C9BE57 #579BC9 #8557C9

monochromatic

#7D7528 #ACA037 #C9BE57 #D8D085 #E7E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#C9BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE57

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE57	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd18a',
    500: '#c9be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be57;
$custom-light: #dcd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79017,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE57

secondary

#A7ABD5

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE57

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

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