#C9AC3A#C9AC3A

#C9AC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC3A
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.03, -1.67, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.03, 59.64, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0103 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.133 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6057, 42.2302, 10.0673)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC3A #3A57C9

analogous

#C9643A #C9AC3A #9EC93A

triadic

#C9AC3A #3AC9AC #AC3AC9

tetradic

#C9AC3A #3AC964 #3A57C9 #C93A9E

square

#C9AC3A #3AC964 #3A57C9 #C93A9E

split-complementary

#C9AC3A #3A9EC9 #643AC9

monochromatic

#6B5B1D #9B842B #C9AC3A #D6C06A #E3D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C9AC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC3A

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC3A	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc477',
    500: '#c9ac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac3a;
$custom-light: #ddc477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.832,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74975,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC3A

secondary

#909DCF

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC3A

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

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