#C9AC36#C9AC36

#C9AC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC36
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -1.86, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 61.17, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0113 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.136 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.5079, 42.1911, 9.5520)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC36 #3653C9

analogous

#C96236 #C9AC36 #9DC936

triadic

#C9AC36 #36C9AC #AC36C9

tetradic

#C9AC36 #36C962 #3653C9 #C9369D

square

#C9AC36 #36C962 #3653C9 #C9369D

split-complementary

#C9AC36 #369DC9 #6236C9

monochromatic

#69591C #998329 #C9AC36 #D6C066 #E3D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C9AC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC36

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC36	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc475',
    500: '#c9ac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac36;
$custom-light: #ddc475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74945,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC36

secondary

#8C99CE

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC36

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

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