#C9AD3A#C9AD3A

#C9AD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.134 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AD3A
RGB	rgb(201, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -2.20, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 59.91, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0118 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.134 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7967, 42.6123, 10.1310)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AD3A #3A56C9

analogous

#C9653A #C9AD3A #9DC93A

triadic

#C9AD3A #3AC9AD #AD3AC9

tetradic

#C9AD3A #3AC965 #3A56C9 #C93A9D

square

#C9AD3A #3AC965 #3A56C9 #C93A9D

split-complementary

#C9AD3A #3A9DC9 #653AC9

monochromatic

#6B5C1D #9B852B #C9AD3A #D6C16A #E3D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C9AD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#C9AD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AD3A

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AD3A	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.134 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc577',
    500: '#c9ad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ad3a;
$custom-light: #ddc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75182,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AD3A

secondary

#909CCF

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AD3A

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

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