#C9A430#C9A430

#C9A430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.134 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A430
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 48)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 2.13, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 61.37, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0005 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.134 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8986, 39.1842, 8.3629)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A430 #3055C9

analogous

#C95830 #C9A430 #A2C930

triadic

#C9A430 #30C9A4 #A430C9

tetradic

#C9A430 #30C958 #3055C9 #C930A2

square

#C9A430 #30C958 #3055C9 #C930A2

split-complementary

#C9A430 #30A2C9 #5830C9

monochromatic

#665318 #987C24 #C9A430 #D8BB5E #E4D08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C9A430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A430

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A430	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.134 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe71',
    500: '#c9a430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a430;
$custom-light: #debe71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.49,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73261,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A430

secondary

#8698CF

accent

#6AE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A430

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

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