#C9BE63#C9BE63

#C9BE63 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.114 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE63
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 99)
HSL	hsl(54, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 50.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -8.25, 46.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 47.61, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.0245 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.114 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7543, 50.1468, 19.1238)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE63 #636EC9

analogous

#C98B63 #C9BE63 #A1C963

triadic

#C9BE63 #63C9BE #BE63C9

tetradic

#C9BE63 #63C98B #636EC9 #C963A1

square

#C9BE63 #63C98B #636EC9 #C963A1

split-complementary

#C9BE63 #63A1C9 #8B63C9

monochromatic

#847B2E #B1A53D #C9BE63 #D9D190 #E8E4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BE63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C9BE63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE63

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE63	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.114 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd192',
    500: '#c9be63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be63;
$custom-light: #dbd192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79163,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE63

secondary

#454C8B

accent

#5ED850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE63

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

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