#C9AF45#C9AF45

#C9AF45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.127 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF45
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, -2.65, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 56.01, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0118 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.127 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.4934, 43.5092, 11.8943)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF45 #455FC9

analogous

#C96D45 #C9AF45 #A1C945

triadic

#C9AF45 #45C9AF #AF45C9

tetradic

#C9AF45 #45C96D #455FC9 #C945A1

square

#C9AF45 #45C96D #455FC9 #C945A1

split-complementary

#C9AF45 #45A1C9 #6D45C9

monochromatic

#726221 #A28B2F #C9AF45 #D7C374 #E5D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9AF45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#C9AF45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF45

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF45	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.127 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67e',
    500: '#c9af45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af45;
$custom-light: #ddc67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7569,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF45

secondary

#98A4D1

accent

#67DE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF45

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

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