#C9AA3D#C9AA3D

#C9AA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.130 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA3D
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -0.45, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 57.90, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0065 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.13 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3065, 41.5061, 10.3551)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA3D #3D5CC9

analogous

#C9643D #C9AA3D #A2C93D

triadic

#C9AA3D #3DC9AA #AA3DC9

tetradic

#C9AA3D #3DC964 #3D5CC9 #C93DA2

square

#C9AA3D #3DC964 #3D5CC9 #C93DA2

split-complementary

#C9AA3D #3DA2C9 #643DC9

monochromatic

#6D5C1E #9D842C #C9AA3D #D6BF6D #E4D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9AA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#C9AA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA3D

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA3D	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.130 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc279',
    500: '#c9aa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa3d;
$custom-light: #ddc279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74587,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA3D

secondary

#92A0D0

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA3D

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

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