#C9AC44#C9AC44

#C9AC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC44
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -1.12, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 55.55, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0076 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.126 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8853, 42.3421, 11.5397)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC44 #4461C9

analogous

#C96944 #C9AC44 #A4C944

triadic

#C9AC44 #44C9AC #AC44C9

tetradic

#C9AC44 #44C969 #4461C9 #C944A4

square

#C9AC44 #44C969 #4461C9 #C944A4

split-complementary

#C9AC44 #44A4C9 #6944C9

monochromatic

#726021 #A1882F #C9AC44 #D7C173 #E4D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C9AC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC44

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC44	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)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47d',
    500: '#c9ac44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac44;
$custom-light: #ddc47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC44

secondary

#98A4D1

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC44

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

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