#C9AD41#C9AD41

#C9AD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AD41
RGB	rgb(201, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -1.82, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 57.10, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.01 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.129 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9871, 42.6884, 11.1335)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AD41 #415DC9

analogous

#C96941 #C9AD41 #A1C941

triadic

#C9AD41 #41C9AD #AD41C9

tetradic

#C9AD41 #41C969 #415DC9 #C941A1

square

#C9AD41 #41C969 #415DC9 #C941A1

split-complementary

#C9AD41 #41A1C9 #6941C9

monochromatic

#705F20 #9F882D #C9AD41 #D7C271 #E4D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C9AD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C9AD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AD41

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AD41	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57b',
    500: '#c9ad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ad41;
$custom-light: #ddc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7524,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AD41

secondary

#95A1D1

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AD41

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

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