Information about #C9AD40 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#C9AD40 presents itself as a clearly saturated sunny yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Warm Olive (#C7B63C). Slightly further away sit Old Gold (#CFB53B) and Antique Gold Metallic (#CFA94A).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(201, 173, 64)), which gives #C9AD40 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 9.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C9AD40 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#C9AD40 color variations
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#C9AD40 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#C9AD40 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#C9AD40 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#C9AD40 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#C9AD40 color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #C9AD40 color
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Nearest named colors to #C9AD40
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#C7B63C
#CFB53B
#CFA94A
#D3AF37
#C4AA4D
#C1B943
#C2A03D
#CBA135
#DAB135
#B5A642
#CBA92B
#DCAB4B
#C9AD40 color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#C9AD40
- RGB201, 173, 64
- CMYK0, 11, 54, 21
- CSSrgb(201, 173, 64)
- HSL48°, 56%, 52%
- HSL Precise47.737°, 55.918%, 51.961%
- HSV48°, 68%, 79%
- HSB48°, 68%, 79%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
- GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.678, 0.251)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.678, 0.251, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.678, 0.251)
- Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX IDC9AD40
- DECIMAL ID13217088
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
