#C9A421#C9A421

#C9A421 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.142 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A421
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 83.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, 1.62, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 66.13, 88.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0034 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.142 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6397, 39.0807, 6.9994)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A421 #2146C9

analogous

#C95021 #C9A421 #9AC921

triadic

#C9A421 #21C9A4 #A421C9

tetradic

#C9A421 #21C950 #2146C9 #C9219A

square

#C9A421 #21C950 #2146C9 #C9219A

split-complementary

#C9A421 #219AC9 #5021C9

monochromatic

#604E10 #947918 #C9A421 #E1BF46 #E9D17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C9A421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A421

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A421	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.142 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe6a',
    500: '#c9a421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a421;
$custom-light: #debe6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.786,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73178,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A421

secondary

#7589D1

accent

#61EF39

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A421

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

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