#C9BE64#C9BE64

#C9BE64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.113 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE64
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 100)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 50.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -8.16, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 47.13, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0241 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.113 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8024, 50.1660, 19.3771)
Luminance	0.5017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE64 #646FC9

analogous

#C98C64 #C9BE64 #A2C964

triadic

#C9BE64 #64C9BE #BE64C9

tetradic

#C9BE64 #64C98C #646FC9 #C964A2

square

#C9BE64 #64C98C #646FC9 #C964A2

split-complementary

#C9BE64 #64A2C9 #8C64C9

monochromatic

#847B2E #B2A53E #C9BE64 #D9D191 #E9E4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BE64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#C9BE64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE64

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE64	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)

#CCB95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.113 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd192',
    500: '#c9be64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be64;
$custom-light: #dbd192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 48.325,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE64

secondary

#454D8C

accent

#5FD850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE64

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

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