#C9AF47#C9AF47

#C9AF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.126 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF47
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 71)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -2.52, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 55.15, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0113 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.126 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5566, 43.5344, 12.2268)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF47 #4761C9

analogous

#C96E47 #C9AF47 #A2C947

triadic

#C9AF47 #47C9AF #AF47C9

tetradic

#C9AF47 #47C96E #4761C9 #C947A2

square

#C9AF47 #47C96E #4761C9 #C947A2

split-complementary

#C9AF47 #47A2C9 #6E47C9

monochromatic

#746322 #A38C30 #C9AF47 #D7C476 #E5D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9AF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#C9AF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF47

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF47	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.126 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc67f',
    500: '#c9af47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af47;
$custom-light: #ddc67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75709,
    "c": 0.12578,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF47

secondary

#9AA5D2

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF47

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

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