#C9AF40#C9AF40

#C9AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF40
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.86, -2.94, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.86, 58.09, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0133 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3447, 43.4497, 11.1111)
Luminance	0.4345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF40 #405AC9

analogous

#C96B40 #C9AF40 #9FC940

triadic

#C9AF40 #40C9AF #AF40C9

tetradic

#C9AF40 #40C96B #405AC9 #C9409F

square

#C9AF40 #40C96B #405AC9 #C9409F

split-complementary

#C9AF40 #409FC9 #6B40C9

monochromatic

#6F601F #9F892D #C9AF40 #D6C370 #E4D79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C9AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF40

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF40	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67b',
    500: '#c9af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af40;
$custom-light: #ddc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.613,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75645,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF40

secondary

#94A0D0

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF40

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

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