#C9BE69#C9BE69

#C9BE69 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.108 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE69
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 105)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -7.70, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 44.71, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.24% -0.0223 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(79.24% 0.108 102)
XYZ	xyz(45.0518, 50.2658, 20.6910)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE69 #6974C9

analogous

#C98E69 #C9BE69 #A4C969

triadic

#C9BE69 #69C9BE #BE69C9

tetradic

#C9BE69 #69C98E #6974C9 #C969A4

square

#C9BE69 #69C98E #6974C9 #C969A4

split-complementary

#C9BE69 #69A4C9 #8E69C9

monochromatic

#877D31 #B4A741 #C9BE69 #D9D296 #E9E5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#C9BE69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#C9BE69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE69

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE69	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)

#CCB962

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.108 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd196',
    500: '#c9be69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be69;
$custom-light: #dbd196;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 47.059,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79244,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.50264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE69

secondary

#48508E

accent

#60D751

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE69

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

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