#C9AC3D#C9AC3D

#C9AC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC3D
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -1.51, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 58.45, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0095 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.131 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6842, 42.2616, 10.4810)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC3D #3D5AC9

analogous

#C9663D #C9AC3D #A0C93D

triadic

#C9AC3D #3DC9AC #AC3DC9

tetradic

#C9AC3D #3DC966 #3D5AC9 #C93DA0

square

#C9AC3D #3DC966 #3D5AC9 #C93DA0

split-complementary

#C9AC3D #3DA0C9 #663DC9

monochromatic

#6D5D1E #9D862C #C9AC3D #D6C06D #E4D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C9AC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC3D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC3D	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)

#BEA92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc479',
    500: '#c9ac3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac3d;
$custom-light: #ddc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC3D

secondary

#929FD0

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC3D

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

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