#C9BE5D#C9BE5D

#C9BE5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.119 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE5D
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 53.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -8.76, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 50.46, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0266 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.12 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.4780, 50.0363, 17.6688)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE5D #5D68C9

analogous

#C9885D #C9BE5D #9EC95D

triadic

#C9BE5D #5DC9BE #BE5DC9

tetradic

#C9BE5D #5DC988 #5D68C9 #C95D9E

square

#C9BE5D #5DC988 #5D68C9 #C95D9E

split-complementary

#C9BE5D #5D9EC9 #885DC9

monochromatic

#81782B #AFA33A #C9BE5D #D8D08B #E8E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#C9BE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#C9BE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE5D

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE5D	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.119 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd18e',
    500: '#c9be5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be5d;
$custom-light: #dcd18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.889,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79087,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE5D

secondary

#424988

accent

#5CDA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE5D

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

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