#C9AA2E#C9AA2E

#C9AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.139 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA2E
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -1.14, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 63.50, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.0101 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.139 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9574, 41.3665, 8.5168)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA2E #2E4DC9

analogous

#C95C2E #C9AA2E #9AC92E

triadic

#C9AA2E #2EC9AA #AA2EC9

tetradic

#C9AA2E #2EC95C #2E4DC9 #C92E9A

square

#C9AA2E #2EC95C #2E4DC9 #C92E9A

split-complementary

#C9AA2E #2E9AC9 #5C2EC9

monochromatic

#655617 #978023 #C9AA2E #D9C05B #E5D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C9AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA2E

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA2E	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.139 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec271',
    500: '#c9aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa2e;
$custom-light: #dec271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74479,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA2E

secondary

#8493CF

accent

#63E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA2E

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

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