#C9AA2F#C9AA2F

#C9AA2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.138 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA2F
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -1.10, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 63.16, 91.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0099 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.138 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9774, 41.3745, 8.6218)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA2F #2F4EC9

analogous

#C95D2F #C9AA2F #9BC92F

triadic

#C9AA2F #2FC9AA #AA2FC9

tetradic

#C9AA2F #2FC95D #2F4EC9 #C92F9B

square

#C9AA2F #2FC95D #2F4EC9 #C92F9B

split-complementary

#C9AA2F #2F9BC9 #5D2FC9

monochromatic

#665618 #978023 #C9AA2F #D9C05C #E5D38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#C9AA2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA2F

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA2F	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)

#BDA717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec271',
    500: '#c9aa2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa2f;
$custom-light: #dec271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74485,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA2F

secondary

#8594CF

accent

#63E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA2F

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

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