#C9AF2D#C9AF2D

#C9AF2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.143 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF2D
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -3.82, 65.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 65.13, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% -0.0178 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.143 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8931, 43.2691, 8.7326)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF2D #2D47C9

analogous

#C9612D #C9AF2D #95C92D

triadic

#C9AF2D #2DC9AF #AF2DC9

tetradic

#C9AF2D #2DC961 #2D47C9 #C92D95

square

#C9AF2D #2DC961 #2D47C9 #C92D95

split-complementary

#C9AF2D #2D95C9 #612DC9

monochromatic

#655817 #978322 #C9AF2D #DAC459 #E5D68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AF2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C9AF2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF2D

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF2D	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)

#C1AB0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.143 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec671',
    500: '#c9af2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af2d;
$custom-light: #dec671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7551,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF2D

secondary

#838FCF

accent

#5DE641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF2D

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

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