#C9AE4A#C9AE4A

#C9AE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE4A
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -1.81, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 53.53, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0088 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.123 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4613, 43.1861, 12.6818)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE4A #4A65C9

analogous

#C96F4A #C9AE4A #A5C94A

triadic

#C9AE4A #4AC9AE #AE4AC9

tetradic

#C9AE4A #4AC96F #4A65C9 #C94AA5

square

#C9AE4A #4AC96F #4A65C9 #C94AA5

split-complementary

#C9AE4A #4AA5C9 #6F4AC9

monochromatic

#766423 #A58C31 #C9AE4A #D7C379 #E5D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#C9AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE4A

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE4A	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc581',
    500: '#c9ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae4a;
$custom-light: #ddc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE4A

secondary

#9CA8D2

accent

#6ADD4A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE4A

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

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