#C9AA32#C9AA32

#C9AA32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA32
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 50)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -0.98, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 62.10, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0092 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.137 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0400, 41.3995, 8.9516)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA32 #3251C9

analogous

#C95F32 #C9AA32 #9DC932

triadic

#C9AA32 #32C9AA #AA32C9

tetradic

#C9AA32 #32C95F #3251C9 #C9329D

square

#C9AA32 #32C95F #3251C9 #C9329D

split-complementary

#C9AA32 #329DC9 #5F32C9

monochromatic

#67571A #988126 #C9AA32 #D8BF61 #E4D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C9AA32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA32

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA32	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)

#BCA71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec273',
    500: '#c9aa32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa32;
$custom-light: #dec273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74505,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA32

secondary

#8897CF

accent

#65E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA32

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

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