#C9AD36#C9AD36

#C9AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.136 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AD36
RGB	rgb(201, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -2.39, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 61.44, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0128 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.136 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6989, 42.5732, 9.6157)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AD36 #3652C9

analogous

#C96336 #C9AD36 #9CC936

triadic

#C9AD36 #36C9AD #AD36C9

tetradic

#C9AD36 #36C963 #3652C9 #C9369C

square

#C9AD36 #36C963 #3652C9 #C9369C

split-complementary

#C9AD36 #369CC9 #6336C9

monochromatic

#695A1C #998329 #C9AD36 #D6C166 #E3D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C9AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#C9AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AD36

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AD36	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.136 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc575',
    500: '#c9ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ad36;
$custom-light: #ddc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AD36

secondary

#8C99CE

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AD36

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

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