#C9AF36#C9AF36

#C9AF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.138 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF36
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -3.44, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 62.00, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0158 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0853, 43.3459, 9.7445)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF36 #3650C9

analogous

#C96636 #C9AF36 #99C936

triadic

#C9AF36 #36C9AF #AF36C9

tetradic

#C9AF36 #36C966 #3650C9 #C93699

square

#C9AF36 #36C966 #3650C9 #C93699

split-complementary

#C9AF36 #3699C9 #6636C9

monochromatic

#695B1C #998529 #C9AF36 #D6C266 #E3D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#C9AF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF36

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF36	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc675',
    500: '#c9af36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af36;
$custom-light: #ddc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75568,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF36

secondary

#8C98CE

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF36

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

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