#C9AF2E#C9AF2E

#C9AF2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF2E
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, -3.78, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 64.80, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0176 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.142 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9126, 43.2768, 8.8352)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF2E #2E48C9

analogous

#C9612E #C9AF2E #96C92E

triadic

#C9AF2E #2EC9AF #AF2EC9

tetradic

#C9AF2E #2EC961 #2E48C9 #C92E96

square

#C9AF2E #2EC961 #2E48C9 #C92E96

split-complementary

#C9AF2E #2E96C9 #612EC9

monochromatic

#655817 #978423 #C9AF2E #D9C45B #E5D68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#C9AF2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#C9AF2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF2E

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF2E	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)

#C1AB12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec671',
    500: '#c9af2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af2e;
$custom-light: #dec671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.935,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75516,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF2E

secondary

#8490CF

accent

#5DE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF2E

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

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