#C9AA39#C9AA39

#C9AA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.132 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA39
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -0.66, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 59.49, 90.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.0075 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.132 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.2027, 41.4646, 9.8087)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA39 #3958C9

analogous

#C96239 #C9AA39 #A0C939

triadic

#C9AA39 #39C9AA #AA39C9

tetradic

#C9AA39 #39C962 #3958C9 #C939A0

square

#C9AA39 #39C962 #3958C9 #C939A0

split-complementary

#C9AA39 #39A0C9 #6239C9

monochromatic

#6B5A1D #9B822A #C9AA39 #D6BF69 #E3D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#C9AA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA39

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA39	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)

#BCA728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.132 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc276',
    500: '#c9aa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa39;
$custom-light: #ddc276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.083,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74555,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA39

secondary

#8F9DCF

accent

#68E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA39

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

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