#C9AE33#C9AE33

#C9AE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE33
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -3.05, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 62.81, 92.78°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.015 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.139 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8231, 42.9308, 9.3202)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE33 #334EC9

analogous

#C96333 #C9AE33 #99C933

triadic

#C9AE33 #33C9AE #AE33C9

tetradic

#C9AE33 #33C963 #334EC9 #C93399

square

#C9AE33 #33C963 #334EC9 #C93399

split-complementary

#C9AE33 #3399C9 #6333C9

monochromatic

#67591A #988427 #C9AE33 #D7C262 #E4D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C9AE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE33

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE33	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec574',
    500: '#c9ae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae33;
$custom-light: #dec574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE33

secondary

#8996CF

accent

#61E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE33

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

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