#C9AE48#C9AE48

#C9AE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE48
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -1.93, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 54.41, 92.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0094 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.124 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3950, 43.1596, 12.3325)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE48 #4863C9

analogous

#C96D48 #C9AE48 #A3C948

triadic

#C9AE48 #48C9AE #AE48C9

tetradic

#C9AE48 #48C96D #4863C9 #C948A3

square

#C9AE48 #48C96D #4863C9 #C948A3

split-complementary

#C9AE48 #48A3C9 #6D48C9

monochromatic

#746322 #A48B30 #C9AE48 #D7C377 #E5D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C9AE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE48

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE48	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc57f',
    500: '#c9ae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae48;
$custom-light: #ddc57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75512,
    "c": 0.12427,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE48

secondary

#9BA6D2

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE48

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

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