#C9AC43#C9AC43

#C9AC43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC43
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, -1.18, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 55.97, 91.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0079 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.127 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8550, 42.3299, 11.3803)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC43 #4360C9

analogous

#C96943 #C9AC43 #A3C943

triadic

#C9AC43 #43C9AC #AC43C9

tetradic

#C9AC43 #43C969 #4360C9 #C943A3

square

#C9AC43 #43C969 #4360C9 #C943A3

split-complementary

#C9AC43 #43A3C9 #6943C9

monochromatic

#716020 #A1882E #C9AC43 #D7C173 #E4D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C9AC43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC43

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC43	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47c',
    500: '#c9ac43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac43;
$custom-light: #ddc47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75051,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC43

secondary

#97A3D1

accent

#69DF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC43

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

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