#C9AE41#C9AE41

#C9AE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.130 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE41
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -2.35, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 57.39, 92.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0115 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.13 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.1795, 43.0734, 11.1976)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE41 #415CC9

analogous

#C96A41 #C9AE41 #A0C941

triadic

#C9AE41 #41C9AE #AE41C9

tetradic

#C9AE41 #41C96A #415CC9 #C941A0

square

#C9AE41 #41C96A #415CC9 #C941A0

split-complementary

#C9AE41 #41A0C9 #6A41C9

monochromatic

#706020 #9F892D #C9AE41 #D7C271 #E4D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#C9AE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE41

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE41	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.130 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57b',
    500: '#c9ae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae41;
$custom-light: #ddc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75447,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE41

secondary

#95A1D1

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE41

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

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