#C9AC48#C9AC48

#C9AC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC48
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -0.88, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 53.82, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0064 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.123 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.0115, 42.3926, 12.2047)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC48 #4865C9

analogous

#C96B48 #C9AC48 #A5C948

triadic

#C9AC48 #48C9AC #AC48C9

tetradic

#C9AC48 #48C96B #4865C9 #C948A5

square

#C9AC48 #48C96B #4865C9 #C948A5

split-complementary

#C9AC48 #48A5C9 #6B48C9

monochromatic

#746222 #A48A30 #C9AC48 #D7C177 #E5D7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#C9AC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#C9AC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC48

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC48	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)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc47f',
    500: '#c9ac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac48;
$custom-light: #ddc47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC48

secondary

#9BA7D2

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC48

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

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