#C9A228#C9A228

#C9A228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.138 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A228
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, 2.90, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 63.64, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0009 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.138 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3930, 38.4138, 7.4522)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A228 #284FC9

analogous

#C95228 #C9A228 #9FC928

triadic

#C9A228 #28C9A2 #A228C9

tetradic

#C9A228 #28C952 #284FC9 #C9289F

square

#C9A228 #28C952 #284FC9 #C9289F

split-complementary

#C9A228 #289FC9 #5228C9

monochromatic

#635014 #96791E #C9A228 #DDBB52 #E7CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C9A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C9A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A228

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A228	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.138 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd6d',
    500: '#c9a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a228;
$custom-light: #debd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.466,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72806,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A228

secondary

#7D91D0

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A228

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

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