#C9AC3B#C9AC3B

#C9AC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC3B
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -1.62, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 59.24, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0101 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.132 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6314, 42.2405, 10.2026)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC3B #3B58C9

analogous

#C9653B #C9AC3B #9FC93B

triadic

#C9AC3B #3BC9AC #AC3BC9

tetradic

#C9AC3B #3BC965 #3B58C9 #C93B9F

square

#C9AC3B #3BC965 #3B58C9 #C93B9F

split-complementary

#C9AC3B #3B9FC9 #653BC9

monochromatic

#6C5C1E #9C852B #C9AC3B #D6C06B #E3D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C9AC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC3B

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC3B	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)

#BEA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc478',
    500: '#c9ac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac3b;
$custom-light: #ddc478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.746,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74983,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC3B

secondary

#909DCF

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC3B

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

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