#C9AF2F#C9AF2F

#C9AF2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF2F
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -3.74, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 64.47, 93.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0174 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.142 97)
XYZ	xyz(39.9325, 43.2848, 8.9402)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF2F #2F49C9

analogous

#C9622F #C9AF2F #96C92F

triadic

#C9AF2F #2FC9AF #AF2FC9

tetradic

#C9AF2F #2FC962 #2F49C9 #C92F96

square

#C9AF2F #2FC962 #2F49C9 #C92F96

split-complementary

#C9AF2F #2F96C9 #622FC9

monochromatic

#665918 #978423 #C9AF2F #D9C45C #E5D68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C9AF2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF2F

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF2F	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)

#C1AB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec672',
    500: '#c9af2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af2f;
$custom-light: #dec672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75522,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.43283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF2F

secondary

#8591CF

accent

#5EE543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF2F

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

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