#C9BE58#C9BE58
#C9BE58 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C9BE58 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(201, 190, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(54, 51%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(54, 56%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 56.2%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.04, -9.16, 51.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.04, 52.77, 99.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.03% -0.0283 0.1209) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.03% 0.124 103.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.2638, 49.9506, 16.5404) |
| Luminance | 0.4995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 4.70
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 6.06
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 6.08
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 6.14
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 6.30
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 6.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C9BE58 #5863C9
analogous
#C98658 #C9BE58 #9CC958
triadic
#C9BE58 #58C9BE #BE58C9
tetradic
#C9BE58 #58C986 #5863C9 #C9589C
square
#C9BE58 #58C986 #5863C9 #C9589C
split-complementary
#C9BE58 #589CC9 #8658C9
monochromatic
#7E7629 #ACA138 #C9BE58 #D8D086 #E7E2B4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#C9BE58 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#C9BE58 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C9BE58
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C9BE58 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C9BE58 | 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)
#CDB84E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BE5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7B2A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c9be58; /* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.124 103.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcd18a',
500: '#c9be58',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c9be58; $custom-light: #dcd18a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c9be58",
"rgb": {
"r": 201,
"g": 190,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.159,
"s": 51.131,
"l": 56.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79028,
"c": 0.12414,
"h": 103.2
},
"luminance": 0.49949
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C9BE58
secondary
#A7ACD6
accent
#5BDB4D
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FBF9F0
border
#D4D2CB
text
#15140C
muted
#83827D