#C9AE2E#C9AE2E

#C9AE2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.142 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE2E
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -3.25, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 64.53, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.0161 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.142 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7187, 42.8890, 8.7706)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE2E #2E49C9

analogous

#C9602E #C9AE2E #96C92E

triadic

#C9AE2E #2EC9AE #AE2EC9

tetradic

#C9AE2E #2EC960 #2E49C9 #C92E96

square

#C9AE2E #2EC960 #2E49C9 #C92E96

split-complementary

#C9AE2E #2E96C9 #602EC9

monochromatic

#655817 #978323 #C9AE2E #D9C35B #E5D58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AE2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C9AE2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE2E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE2E	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.142 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec571',
    500: '#c9ae2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae2e;
$custom-light: #dec571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75308,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE2E

secondary

#8491CF

accent

#5FE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE2E

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

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