#C9AA36#C9AA36

#C9AA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA36
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -0.80, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 60.63, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0083 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1301, 41.4355, 9.4261)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA36 #3655C9

analogous

#C96136 #C9AA36 #9EC936

triadic

#C9AA36 #36C9AA #AA36C9

tetradic

#C9AA36 #36C961 #3655C9 #C9369E

square

#C9AA36 #36C961 #3655C9 #C9369E

split-complementary

#C9AA36 #369EC9 #6136C9

monochromatic

#69581C #998129 #C9AA36 #D6BE66 #E3D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C9AA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA36

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA36	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc275',
    500: '#c9aa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa36;
$custom-light: #ddc275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA36

secondary

#8C9ACE

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA36

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

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