#C9AF33#C9AF33

#C9AF33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF33
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -3.57, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 63.08, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0165 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0170, 43.3186, 9.3849)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF33 #334DC9

analogous

#C96433 #C9AF33 #98C933

triadic

#C9AF33 #33C9AF #AF33C9

tetradic

#C9AF33 #33C964 #334DC9 #C93398

square

#C9AF33 #33C964 #334DC9 #C93398

split-complementary

#C9AF33 #3398C9 #6433C9

monochromatic

#675A1A #988527 #C9AF33 #D7C362 #E4D693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#C9AF33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF33

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF33	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc674',
    500: '#c9af33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af33;
$custom-light: #ddc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75547,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF33

secondary

#8995CF

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF33

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

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