#C9AE3A#C9AE3A

#C9AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE3A
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -2.72, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 60.20, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0133 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.134 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.9892, 42.9972, 10.1951)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE3A #3A55C9

analogous

#C9663A #C9AE3A #9DC93A

triadic

#C9AE3A #3AC9AE #AE3AC9

tetradic

#C9AE3A #3AC966 #3A55C9 #C93A9D

square

#C9AE3A #3AC966 #3A55C9 #C93A9D

split-complementary

#C9AE3A #3A9DC9 #663AC9

monochromatic

#6B5D1D #9B862B #C9AE3A #D6C26A #E3D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#C9AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#C9AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE3A

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE3A	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)

#C0AA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc577',
    500: '#c9ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae3a;
$custom-light: #ddc577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75389,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE3A

secondary

#909CCF

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE3A

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

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