#C9A024#C9A024

#C9A024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A024
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 82.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 3.85, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 64.48, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0032 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.138 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9790, 37.6890, 6.9958)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A024 #244DC9

analogous

#C94E24 #C9A024 #A0C924

triadic

#C9A024 #24C9A0 #A024C9

tetradic

#C9A024 #24C94E #244DC9 #C924A0

square

#C9A024 #24C94E #244DC9 #C924A0

split-complementary

#C9A024 #24A0C9 #4E24C9

monochromatic

#614D11 #95771B #C9A024 #DFBA4B #E8CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C9A024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C9A024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A024

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A024	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb6b',
    500: '#c9a024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a024;
$custom-light: #debb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.091,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72379,
    "c": 0.1384,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A024

secondary

#788ED1

accent

#67EC3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A024

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →