#C9AC3F#C9AC3F

#C9AC3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC3F
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -1.41, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 57.64, 91.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.009 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.13 94)
XYZ	xyz(39.7391, 42.2836, 10.7701)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC3F #3F5CC9

analogous

#C9673F #C9AC3F #A1C93F

triadic

#C9AC3F #3FC9AC #AC3FC9

tetradic

#C9AC3F #3FC967 #3F5CC9 #C93FA1

square

#C9AC3F #3FC967 #3F5CC9 #C93FA1

split-complementary

#C9AC3F #3FA1C9 #673FC9

monochromatic

#6F5E1F #9E862D #C9AC3F #D6C16F #E4D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C9AC3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC3F

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC3F	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47a',
    500: '#c9ac3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac3f;
$custom-light: #ddc47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75016,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.42281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC3F

secondary

#94A0D0

accent

#68DF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC3F

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

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