#C9AC33#C9AC33

#C9AC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC33
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -1.99, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 62.27, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.012 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.137 95)
XYZ	xyz(39.4396, 42.1638, 9.1924)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC33 #3350C9

analogous

#C96133 #C9AC33 #9BC933

triadic

#C9AC33 #33C9AC #AC33C9

tetradic

#C9AC33 #33C961 #3350C9 #C9339B

square

#C9AC33 #33C961 #3350C9 #C9339B

split-complementary

#C9AC33 #339BC9 #6133C9

monochromatic

#67581A #988227 #C9AC33 #D7C162 #E4D493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#C9AC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC33

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC33	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)

#BEA91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec473',
    500: '#c9ac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac33;
$custom-light: #dec473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74924,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.42162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC33

secondary

#8997CF

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC33

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

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