#C9AE31#C9AE31

#C9AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE31
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -3.13, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 63.51, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0154 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.14 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7799, 42.9135, 9.0930)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE31 #314CC9

analogous

#C96231 #C9AE31 #98C931

triadic

#C9AE31 #31C9AE #AE31C9

tetradic

#C9AE31 #31C962 #314CC9 #C93198

square

#C9AE31 #31C962 #314CC9 #C93198

split-complementary

#C9AE31 #3198C9 #6231C9

monochromatic

#675919 #988325 #C9AE31 #D8C35F #E4D590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#C9AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE31

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE31	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)

#C0AA19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec573',
    500: '#c9ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae31;
$custom-light: #dec573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.342,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75326,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE31

secondary

#8794CF

accent

#60E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE31

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

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