#C9AF3C#C9AF3C

#C9AF3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF3C
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, -3.15, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 59.70, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0143 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.134 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2350, 43.4058, 10.5330)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF3C #3C56C9

analogous

#C9683C #C9AF3C #9CC93C

triadic

#C9AF3C #3CC9AF #AF3CC9

tetradic

#C9AF3C #3CC968 #3C56C9 #C93C9C

square

#C9AF3C #3CC968 #3C56C9 #C93C9C

split-complementary

#C9AF3C #3C9CC9 #683CC9

monochromatic

#6D5E1E #9C882B #C9AF3C #D6C36C #E4D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C9AF3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF3C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF3C	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)

#C1AB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc678',
    500: '#c9af3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af3c;
$custom-light: #ddc678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF3C

secondary

#919DD0

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF3C

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

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