#C9A025#C9A025

#C9A025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A025
RGB	rgb(201, 160, 37)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 81.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 3.88, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 64.18, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0034 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.138 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9945, 37.6952, 7.0773)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A025 #254EC9

analogous

#C94E25 #C9A025 #A0C925

triadic

#C9A025 #25C9A0 #A025C9

tetradic

#C9A025 #25C94E #254EC9 #C925A0

square

#C9A025 #25C94E #254EC9 #C925A0

split-complementary

#C9A025 #25A0C9 #4E25C9

monochromatic

#624E12 #95771B #C9A025 #DEBA4D #E8CE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C9A025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#C9A025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A025

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A025	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)

#B49F01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 160, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debb6b',
    500: '#c9a025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a025;
$custom-light: #debb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A025

secondary

#798FD0

accent

#68EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A025

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

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