#C9AC2F#C9AC2F

#C9AC2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.140 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC2F
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 47)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -2.16, 63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 63.67, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.0129 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.14 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3551, 42.1300, 8.7478)
Luminance	0.4213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC2F #2F4CC9

analogous

#C95F2F #C9AC2F #99C92F

triadic

#C9AC2F #2FC9AC #AC2FC9

tetradic

#C9AC2F #2FC95F #2F4CC9 #C92F99

square

#C9AC2F #2FC95F #2F4CC9 #C92F99

split-complementary

#C9AC2F #2F99C9 #5F2FC9

monochromatic

#665718 #978223 #C9AC2F #D9C15C #E5D48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AC2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C9AC2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC2F

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC2F	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA816

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.140 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec471',
    500: '#c9ac2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac2f;
$custom-light: #dec471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74899,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC2F

secondary

#8593CF

accent

#61E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC2F

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

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