#C9A330#C9A330

#C9A330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.134 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A330
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, 2.67, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 61.15, 87.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.001 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.134 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7203, 38.8277, 8.3035)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A330 #3056C9

analogous

#C95730 #C9A330 #A3C930

triadic

#C9A330 #30C9A3 #A330C9

tetradic

#C9A330 #30C957 #3056C9 #C930A3

square

#C9A330 #30C957 #3056C9 #C930A3

split-complementary

#C9A330 #30A3C9 #5730C9

monochromatic

#665318 #987B24 #C9A330 #D8BA5E #E4CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C9A330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#C9A330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A330

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A330	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.134 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd71',
    500: '#c9a330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a330;
$custom-light: #debd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73058,
    "c": 0.13386,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A330

secondary

#8698CF

accent

#6BE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A330

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

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