#C9A72E#C9A72E

#C9A72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.137 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A72E
RGB	rgb(201, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 0.45, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 62.77, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0055 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.137 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.4015, 40.2545, 8.3315)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A72E #2E50C9

analogous

#C95A2E #C9A72E #9DC92E

triadic

#C9A72E #2EC9A7 #A72EC9

tetradic

#C9A72E #2EC95A #2E50C9 #C92E9D

square

#C9A72E #2EC95A #2E50C9 #C92E9D

split-complementary

#C9A72E #2E9DC9 #5A2EC9

monochromatic

#655417 #977E23 #C9A72E #D9BE5B #E5D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C9A72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#C9A72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A72E

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A72E	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.137 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec070',
    500: '#c9a72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a72e;
$custom-light: #dec070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73862,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A72E

secondary

#8494CF

accent

#66E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A72E

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

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