#C9AF3D#C9AF3D

#C9AF3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF3D
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.84, -3.10, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.84, 59.31, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0141 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2616, 43.4165, 10.6735)
Luminance	0.4341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF3D #3D57C9

analogous

#C9693D #C9AF3D #9DC93D

triadic

#C9AF3D #3DC9AF #AF3DC9

tetradic

#C9AF3D #3DC969 #3D57C9 #C93D9D

square

#C9AF3D #3DC969 #3D57C9 #C93D9D

split-complementary

#C9AF3D #3D9DC9 #693DC9

monochromatic

#6D5F1E #9D882C #C9AF3D #D6C36D #E4D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#C9AF3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF3D

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF3D	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)

#C1AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc679',
    500: '#c9af3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af3d;
$custom-light: #ddc679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75621,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF3D

secondary

#929ED0

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF3D

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

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