#C9AA45#C9AA45

#C9AA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.124 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA45
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -0.00, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 54.55, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.0042 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.124 92)
XYZ	xyz(39.5383, 41.5988, 11.5759)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA45 #4564C9

analogous

#C96845 #C9AA45 #A6C945

triadic

#C9AA45 #45C9AA #AA45C9

tetradic

#C9AA45 #45C968 #4564C9 #C945A6

square

#C9AA45 #45C968 #4564C9 #C945A6

split-complementary

#C9AA45 #45A6C9 #6845C9

monochromatic

#725F21 #A2872F #C9AA45 #D7C074 #E5D5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C9AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#C9AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA45

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA45	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.124 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc37d',
    500: '#c9aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa45;
$custom-light: #ddc37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74658,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.41597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA45

secondary

#98A6D1

accent

#6CDE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA45

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

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