#C9AE4D#C9AE4D

#C9AE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE4D
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -1.61, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 52.20, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0079 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.12 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5648, 43.2275, 13.2268)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE4D #4D68C9

analogous

#C9704D #C9AE4D #A6C94D

triadic

#C9AE4D #4DC9AE #AE4DC9

tetradic

#C9AE4D #4DC970 #4D68C9 #C94DA6

square

#C9AE4D #4DC970 #4D68C9 #C94DA6

split-complementary

#C9AE4D #4DA6C9 #704DC9

monochromatic

#776524 #A68D32 #C9AE4D #D7C37C #E5D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C9AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE4D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE4D	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc582',
    500: '#c9ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae4d;
$custom-light: #dcc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75563,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE4D

secondary

#9FAAD3

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE4D

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

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