#C9AD44#C9AD44

#C9AD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AD44
RGB	rgb(201, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -1.65, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 55.84, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0091 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.127 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0763, 42.7241, 11.6034)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AD44 #4460C9

analogous

#C96A44 #C9AD44 #A3C944

triadic

#C9AD44 #44C9AD #AD44C9

tetradic

#C9AD44 #44C96A #4460C9 #C944A3

square

#C9AD44 #44C96A #4460C9 #C944A3

split-complementary

#C9AD44 #44A3C9 #6A44C9

monochromatic

#726121 #A1892F #C9AD44 #D7C273 #E4D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#C9AD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#C9AD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AD44

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AD44	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)

#BEAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57d',
    500: '#c9ad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ad44;
$custom-light: #ddc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75267,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AD44

secondary

#98A4D1

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AD44

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

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