#C9AA38#C9AA38

#C9AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA38
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -0.71, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 59.87, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0078 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.133 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1780, 41.4547, 9.6786)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA38 #3857C9

analogous

#C96138 #C9AA38 #A0C938

triadic

#C9AA38 #38C9AA #AA38C9

tetradic

#C9AA38 #38C961 #3857C9 #C938A0

square

#C9AA38 #38C961 #3857C9 #C938A0

split-complementary

#C9AA38 #38A0C9 #6138C9

monochromatic

#6A591D #9A822A #C9AA38 #D6BF68 #E3D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C9AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA38

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA38	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)

#BCA727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc276',
    500: '#c9aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa38;
$custom-light: #ddc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA38

secondary

#8E9CCF

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA38

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

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