#C9AC47#C9AC47

#C9AC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.124 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC47
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -0.94, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 54.25, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0067 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.124 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9792, 42.3796, 12.0343)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC47 #4764C9

analogous

#C96B47 #C9AC47 #A5C947

triadic

#C9AC47 #47C9AC #AC47C9

tetradic

#C9AC47 #47C96B #4764C9 #C947A5

square

#C9AC47 #47C96B #4764C9 #C947A5

split-complementary

#C9AC47 #47A5C9 #6B47C9

monochromatic

#746122 #A38930 #C9AC47 #D7C176 #E5D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C9AC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC47

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC47	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.124 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47f',
    500: '#c9ac47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac47;
$custom-light: #ddc47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75089,
    "c": 0.12366,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC47

secondary

#9AA6D2

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC47

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

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