#C9A428#C9A428

#C9A428 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.139 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A428
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 80.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 1.83, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 64.06, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0022 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.139 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7481, 39.1241, 7.5706)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A428 #284DC9

analogous

#C95328 #C9A428 #9EC928

triadic

#C9A428 #28C9A4 #A428C9

tetradic

#C9A428 #28C953 #284DC9 #C9289E

square

#C9A428 #28C953 #284DC9 #C9289E

split-complementary

#C9A428 #289EC9 #5328C9

monochromatic

#635114 #967A1E #C9A428 #DDBD52 #E7D085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C9A428 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A428

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A428	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)

#B7A207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.139 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe6d',
    500: '#c9a428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a428;
$custom-light: #debe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.211,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A428

secondary

#7D90D0

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A428

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

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