#C9A121#C9A121

#C9A121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.140 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A121
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 83.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 3.22, 65.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 65.53, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0011 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.14 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1091, 38.0196, 6.8225)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A121 #2149C9

analogous

#C94D21 #C9A121 #9DC921

triadic

#C9A121 #21C9A1 #A121C9

tetradic

#C9A121 #21C94D #2149C9 #C9219D

square

#C9A121 #21C94D #2149C9 #C9219D

split-complementary

#C9A121 #219DC9 #4D21C9

monochromatic

#604D10 #947718 #C9A121 #E1BC46 #E9CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C9A121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A121

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A121	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.140 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc6a',
    500: '#c9a121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a121;
$custom-light: #debc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72568,
    "c": 0.1401,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A121

secondary

#758BD1

accent

#64EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A121

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

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