#C9AE45#C9AE45

#C9AE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.127 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE45
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -2.12, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 55.71, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0103 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.127 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2995, 43.1214, 11.8296)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE45 #4560C9

analogous

#C96C45 #C9AE45 #A2C945

triadic

#C9AE45 #45C9AE #AE45C9

tetradic

#C9AE45 #45C96C #4560C9 #C945A2

square

#C9AE45 #45C96C #4560C9 #C945A2

split-complementary

#C9AE45 #45A2C9 #6C45C9

monochromatic

#726221 #A28A2F #C9AE45 #D7C374 #E5D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#C9AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE45

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE45	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)

#BFAB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.127 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57e',
    500: '#c9ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae45;
$custom-light: #ddc57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75483,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE45

secondary

#98A4D1

accent

#68DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE45

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

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