#C9AE49#C9AE49

#C9AE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE49
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -1.87, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 53.97, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0091 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.123 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4279, 43.1727, 12.5058)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE49 #4964C9

analogous

#C96E49 #C9AE49 #A4C949

triadic

#C9AE49 #49C9AE #AE49C9

tetradic

#C9AE49 #49C96E #4964C9 #C949A4

square

#C9AE49 #49C96E #4964C9 #C949A4

split-complementary

#C9AE49 #49A4C9 #6E49C9

monochromatic

#756423 #A48C31 #C9AE49 #D7C378 #E5D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#C9AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE49

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE49	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)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc580',
    500: '#c9ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae49;
$custom-light: #ddc580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.344,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75521,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE49

secondary

#9CA7D2

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE49

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

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