#C9AE53#C9AE53

#C9AE53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.115 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AE53
RGB	rgb(201, 174, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -1.18, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 49.46, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0059 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.115 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.7865, 43.3162, 14.3944)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AE53 #536EC9

analogous

#C97353 #C9AE53 #A9C953

triadic

#C9AE53 #53C9AE #AE53C9

tetradic

#C9AE53 #53C973 #536EC9 #C953A9

square

#C9AE53 #53C973 #536EC9 #C953A9

split-complementary

#C9AE53 #53A9C9 #7353C9

monochromatic

#7B6827 #AA8F35 #C9AE53 #D8C482 #E6DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C9AE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AE53

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AE53	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ae53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 174, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.115 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc586',
    500: '#c9ae53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ae53;
$custom-light: #dcc586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ae53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.115,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AE53

secondary

#A3AFD4

accent

#6DDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AE53

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

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