#C9AE4E#C9AE4E

#C9AE4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE4E
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -1.54, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 51.74, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0076 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.119 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6004, 43.2417, 13.4142)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE4E #4E69C9

analogous

#C9704E #C9AE4E #A7C94E

triadic

#C9AE4E #4EC9AE #AE4EC9

tetradic

#C9AE4E #4EC970 #4E69C9 #C94EA7

square

#C9AE4E #4EC970 #4E69C9 #C94EA7

split-complementary

#C9AE4E #4EA7C9 #704EC9

monochromatic

#786625 #A78D33 #C9AE4E #D7C37D #E6D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C9AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE4E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE4E	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)

#BFAB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc583',
    500: '#c9ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae4e;
$custom-light: #dcc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75573,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE4E

secondary

#9FABD3

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE4E

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

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