#C9AC30#C9AC30

#C9AC30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.139 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC30
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 48)
HSL	hsl(49, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -2.12, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 63.33, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0127 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.139 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3755, 42.1382, 8.8552)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC30 #304DC9

analogous

#C95F30 #C9AC30 #9AC930

triadic

#C9AC30 #30C9AC #AC30C9

tetradic

#C9AC30 #30C95F #304DC9 #C9309A

square

#C9AC30 #30C95F #304DC9 #C9309A

split-complementary

#C9AC30 #309AC9 #5F30C9

monochromatic

#665718 #988224 #C9AC30 #D8C15E #E4D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AC30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C9AC30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC30

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC30	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)

#BEA918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.139 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec472',
    500: '#c9ac30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac30;
$custom-light: #dec472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74905,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC30

secondary

#8694CF

accent

#62E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC30

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

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