#C9AA30#C9AA30

#C9AA30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.138 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA30
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, -1.06, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 62.81, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0097 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.138 94)
XYZ	xyz(38.9978, 41.3826, 8.7293)
Luminance	0.4138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA30 #304FC9

analogous

#C95E30 #C9AA30 #9CC930

triadic

#C9AA30 #30C9AA #AA30C9

tetradic

#C9AA30 #30C95E #304FC9 #C9309C

square

#C9AA30 #30C95E #304FC9 #C9309C

split-complementary

#C9AA30 #309CC9 #5E30C9

monochromatic

#665618 #988024 #C9AA30 #D8C05E #E4D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C9AA30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA30

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA30	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.138 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec272',
    500: '#c9aa30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa30;
$custom-light: #dec272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74492,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.4138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA30

secondary

#8695CF

accent

#64E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA30

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

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