#C9A22A#C9A22A

#C9A22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A22A
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, 2.97, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 63.00, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0012 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.137 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4279, 38.4278, 7.6360)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A22A #2A51C9

analogous

#C9522A #C9A22A #A0C92A

triadic

#C9A22A #2AC9A2 #A22AC9

tetradic

#C9A22A #2AC952 #2A51C9 #C92AA0

square

#C9A22A #2AC952 #2A51C9 #C92AA0

split-complementary

#C9A22A #2AA0C9 #522AC9

monochromatic

#645015 #96791F #C9A22A #DBBA55 #E6CF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C9A22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#C9A22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A22A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A22A	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)

#B5A00F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd6e',
    500: '#c9a22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a22a;
$custom-light: #debd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72817,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A22A

secondary

#7F93D0

accent

#69E83F

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A22A

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

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