#C9AC41#C9AC41

#C9AC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.128 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC41
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -1.30, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 56.81, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0084 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.128 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7960, 42.3064, 11.0698)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC41 #415EC9

analogous

#C96841 #C9AC41 #A2C941

triadic

#C9AC41 #41C9AC #AC41C9

tetradic

#C9AC41 #41C968 #415EC9 #C941A2

square

#C9AC41 #41C968 #415EC9 #C941A2

split-complementary

#C9AC41 #41A2C9 #6841C9

monochromatic

#705F20 #9F872D #C9AC41 #D7C171 #E4D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#C9AC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC41

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC41	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)

#BEA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.128 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47b',
    500: '#c9ac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac41;
$custom-light: #ddc47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75033,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC41

secondary

#95A2D1

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC41

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

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