#C9AC4E#C9AC4E

#C9AC4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.118 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AC4E
RGB	rgb(201, 172, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -0.48, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 51.14, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0045 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.118 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2169, 42.4747, 13.2864)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AC4E #4E6BC9

analogous

#C96F4E #C9AC4E #A8C94E

triadic

#C9AC4E #4EC9AC #AC4EC9

tetradic

#C9AC4E #4EC96F #4E6BC9 #C94EA8

square

#C9AC4E #4EC96F #4E6BC9 #C94EA8

split-complementary

#C9AC4E #4EA8C9 #6F4EC9

monochromatic

#786425 #A78C33 #C9AC4E #D7C27D #E6D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C9AC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C9AC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AC4E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AC4E	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ac4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 172, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.118 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc483',
    500: '#c9ac4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ac4e;
$custom-light: #dcc483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ac4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AC4E

secondary

#9FACD3

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8EF

border

#D4D1CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AC4E

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

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