#C9A124#C9A124

#C9A124 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.139 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A124
RGB	rgb(201, 161, 36)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.9%, 82.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 3.31, 64.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 64.67, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0016 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.139 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1530, 38.0371, 7.0538)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A124 #244CC9

analogous

#C94F24 #C9A124 #9FC924

triadic

#C9A124 #24C9A1 #A124C9

tetradic

#C9A124 #24C94F #244CC9 #C9249F

square

#C9A124 #24C94F #244CC9 #C9249F

split-complementary

#C9A124 #249FC9 #4F24C9

monochromatic

#614E11 #95771B #C9A124 #DFBB4B #E8CF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C9A124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C9A124 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A124

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A124	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 161, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.139 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debc6b',
    500: '#c9a124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a124;
$custom-light: #debc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72582,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A124

secondary

#788ED1

accent

#66EC3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A124

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

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