#C9AF4E#C9AF4E

#C9AF4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AF4E
RGB	rgb(201, 175, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -2.07, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 52.05, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0091 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.12 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7943, 43.6295, 13.4788)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AF4E #4E68C9

analogous

#C9724E #C9AF4E #A6C94E

triadic

#C9AF4E #4EC9AF #AF4EC9

tetradic

#C9AF4E #4EC972 #4E68C9 #C94EA6

square

#C9AF4E #4EC972 #4E68C9 #C94EA6

split-complementary

#C9AF4E #4EA6C9 #724EC9

monochromatic

#786625 #A78E33 #C9AF4E #D7C47D #E6D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#C9AF4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#C9AF4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AF4E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AF4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AF4E	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9af4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 175, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc683',
    500: '#c9af4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9af4e;
$custom-light: #dcc683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9af4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.317,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7578,
    "c": 0.12007,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AF4E

secondary

#9FAAD3

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AF4E

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

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