#C9AF41#C9AF41

#C9AF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF41
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.87, -2.88, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.87, 57.68, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.013 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.13 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3734, 43.4612, 11.2623)
Luminance	0.4346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF41 #415BC9

analogous

#C96B41 #C9AF41 #9FC941

triadic

#C9AF41 #41C9AF #AF41C9

tetradic

#C9AF41 #41C96B #415BC9 #C9419F

square

#C9AF41 #41C96B #415BC9 #C9419F

split-complementary

#C9AF41 #419FC9 #6B41C9

monochromatic

#706120 #9F8A2D #C9AF41 #D7C371 #E4D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#C9AF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#C9AF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF41

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF41	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)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67b',
    500: '#c9af41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af41;
$custom-light: #ddc67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75654,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF41

secondary

#95A1D1

accent

#65DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF41

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

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