#C9BE73#C9BE73

#C9BE73 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.097 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9BE73
RGB	rgb(201, 190, 115)
HSL	hsl(52, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 42.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -6.71, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 39.75, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0185 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.097 101)
XYZ	xyz(45.5964, 50.4836, 23.5588)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9BE73 #737EC9

analogous

#C99373 #C9BE73 #A9C973

triadic

#C9BE73 #73C9BE #BE73C9

tetradic

#C9BE73 #73C993 #737EC9 #C973A9

square

#C9BE73 #73C993 #737EC9 #C973A9

split-complementary

#C9BE73 #73A9C9 #9373C9

monochromatic

#8C8136 #B8A947 #C9BE73 #DAD39F #EBE7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#C9BE73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#C9BE73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9BE73

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9BE73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9BE73	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9be73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 190, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.097 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd19c',
    500: '#c9be73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9be73;
$custom-light: #dbd19c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9be73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.326,
    "s": 44.33,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79393,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.50482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9BE73

secondary

#4D5693

accent

#40B72E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9BE73

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

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