#C9A433#C9A433

#C9A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.133 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A433
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, 2.26, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 60.28, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0001 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.133 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9626, 39.2098, 8.7001)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A433 #3358C9

analogous

#C95933 #C9A433 #A3C933

triadic

#C9A433 #33C9A4 #A433C9

tetradic

#C9A433 #33C959 #3358C9 #C933A3

square

#C9A433 #33C959 #3358C9 #C933A3

split-complementary

#C9A433 #33A3C9 #5933C9

monochromatic

#67541A #987C27 #C9A433 #D7BA62 #E4D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C9A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A433

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A433	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)

#B7A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.133 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe72',
    500: '#c9a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a433;
$custom-light: #debe72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A433

secondary

#899ACF

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A433

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

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