#C9AE39#C9AE39

#C9AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE39
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -2.77, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 60.58, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0136 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.135 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.9640, 42.9872, 10.0625)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE39 #3954C9

analogous

#C96639 #C9AE39 #9CC939

triadic

#C9AE39 #39C9AE #AE39C9

tetradic

#C9AE39 #39C966 #3954C9 #C9399C

square

#C9AE39 #39C966 #3954C9 #C9399C

split-complementary

#C9AE39 #399CC9 #6639C9

monochromatic

#6B5C1D #9B862A #C9AE39 #D6C269 #E3D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C9AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE39

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE39	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc577',
    500: '#c9ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae39;
$custom-light: #ddc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75382,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE39

secondary

#8F9BCF

accent

#64E047

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE39

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

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