#C9AC45#C9AC45

#C9AC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC45
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -1.06, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 55.12, 91.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0073 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.125 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.9160, 42.3544, 11.7018)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC45 #4562C9

analogous

#C96A45 #C9AC45 #A4C945

triadic

#C9AC45 #45C9AC #AC45C9

tetradic

#C9AC45 #45C96A #4562C9 #C945A4

square

#C9AC45 #45C96A #4562C9 #C945A4

split-complementary

#C9AC45 #45A4C9 #6A45C9

monochromatic

#726121 #A2892F #C9AC45 #D7C174 #E5D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#C9AC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC45

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC45	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)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47d',
    500: '#c9ac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac45;
$custom-light: #ddc47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC45

secondary

#98A5D1

accent

#6ADE49

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC45

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

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