#C9A424#C9A424

#C9A424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.140 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A424
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 82.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, 1.70, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 65.28, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0029 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.14 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6836, 39.0982, 7.2306)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A424 #2449C9

analogous

#C95124 #C9A424 #9CC924

triadic

#C9A424 #24C9A4 #A424C9

tetradic

#C9A424 #24C951 #2449C9 #C9249C

square

#C9A424 #24C951 #2449C9 #C9249C

split-complementary

#C9A424 #249CC9 #5124C9

monochromatic

#614F11 #957A1B #C9A424 #DFBE4B #E8D17F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C9A424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A424

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A424	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)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.140 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe6b',
    500: '#c9a424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a424;
$custom-light: #debe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.545,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73192,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A424

secondary

#788CD1

accent

#63EC3B

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A424

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

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