#C9AC2E#C9AC2E

#C9AC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC2E
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -2.20, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 64.01, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.89% -0.0131 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(74.89% 0.14 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.3352, 42.1220, 8.6427)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC2E #2E4BC9

analogous

#C95E2E #C9AC2E #98C92E

triadic

#C9AC2E #2EC9AC #AC2EC9

tetradic

#C9AC2E #2EC95E #2E4BC9 #C92E98

square

#C9AC2E #2EC95E #2E4BC9 #C92E98

split-complementary

#C9AC2E #2E98C9 #5E2EC9

monochromatic

#655717 #978123 #C9AC2E #D9C25B #E5D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#C9AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC2E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC2E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec471',
    500: '#c9ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac2e;
$custom-light: #dec471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.774,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74893,
    "c": 0.14021,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC2E

secondary

#8492CF

accent

#61E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC2E

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

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