#C9AF3A#C9AF3A

#C9AF3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF3A
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -3.25, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 60.48, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0148 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1831, 43.3850, 10.2598)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF3A #3A54C9

analogous

#C9673A #C9AF3A #9BC93A

triadic

#C9AF3A #3AC9AF #AF3AC9

tetradic

#C9AF3A #3AC967 #3A54C9 #C93A9B

square

#C9AF3A #3AC967 #3A54C9 #C93A9B

split-complementary

#C9AF3A #3A9BC9 #673AC9

monochromatic

#6B5D1D #9B872B #C9AF3A #D6C36A #E3D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C9AF3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF3A

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF3A	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc677',
    500: '#c9af3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af3a;
$custom-light: #ddc677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF3A

secondary

#909BCF

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF3A

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

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