#C9AE44#C9AE44

#C9AE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE44
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -2.18, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 56.13, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.47% -0.0106 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.47% 0.127 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2688, 43.1091, 11.6675)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE44 #445FC9

analogous

#C96C44 #C9AE44 #A1C944

triadic

#C9AE44 #44C9AE #AE44C9

tetradic

#C9AE44 #44C96C #445FC9 #C944A1

square

#C9AE44 #44C96C #445FC9 #C944A1

split-complementary

#C9AE44 #44A1C9 #6C44C9

monochromatic

#726121 #A18A2F #C9AE44 #D7C373 #E4D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C9AE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE44

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE44	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57d',
    500: '#c9ae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae44;
$custom-light: #ddc57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75474,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE44

secondary

#98A3D1

accent

#68DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE44

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

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