#C9AC3E#C9AC3E

#C9AC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC3E
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -1.46, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 58.04, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0093 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.13 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7114, 42.2725, 10.6242)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC3E #3E5BC9

analogous

#C9673E #C9AC3E #A1C93E

triadic

#C9AC3E #3EC9AC #AC3EC9

tetradic

#C9AC3E #3EC967 #3E5BC9 #C93EA1

square

#C9AC3E #3EC967 #3E5BC9 #C93EA1

split-complementary

#C9AC3E #3EA1C9 #673EC9

monochromatic

#6E5D1F #9E862C #C9AC3E #D6C16E #E4D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#C9AC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC3E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC3E	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)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc479',
    500: '#c9ac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac3e;
$custom-light: #ddc479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75007,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC3E

secondary

#93A0D0

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC3E

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

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