#C9AE38#C9AE38

#C9AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.136 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE38
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -2.82, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 60.96, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0138 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.136 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9393, 42.9773, 9.9324)
Luminance	0.4298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE38 #3853C9

analogous

#C96638 #C9AE38 #9BC938

triadic

#C9AE38 #38C9AE #AE38C9

tetradic

#C9AE38 #38C966 #3853C9 #C9389B

square

#C9AE38 #38C966 #3853C9 #C9389B

split-complementary

#C9AE38 #389BC9 #6638C9

monochromatic

#6A5C1D #9A852A #C9AE38 #D6C268 #E3D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#C9AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE38

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE38	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)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.136 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc576',
    500: '#c9ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae38;
$custom-light: #ddc576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75374,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE38

secondary

#8E9ACF

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE38

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

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