#C9BE68#C9BE68

#C9BE68 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.109 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE68
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 104)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 48.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -7.80, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 45.19, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.23% -0.0227 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(79.23% 0.109 102)
XYZ	xyz(45.0007, 50.2453, 20.4219)
Luminance	0.5024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE68 #6873C9

analogous

#C98E68 #C9BE68 #A3C968

triadic

#C9BE68 #68C9BE #BE68C9

tetradic

#C9BE68 #68C98E #6873C9 #C968A3

square

#C9BE68 #68C98E #6873C9 #C968A3

split-complementary

#C9BE68 #68A3C9 #8E68C9

monochromatic

#877D30 #B4A640 #C9BE68 #D9D195 #E9E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C9BE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE68

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE68	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB961

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.109 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd195',
    500: '#c9be68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be68;
$custom-light: #dbd195;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 47.317,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7923,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE68

secondary

#474F8E

accent

#60D751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE68

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

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