#C9A434#C9A434

#C9A434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.132 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9A434
RGBrgb(201, 164, 52)
HSLhsl(45, 59%, 50%)
HSVhsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.91, 2.30, 59.87)
CIE-LCHlch(68.91, 59.91, 87.80°)
OKLaboklab(73.29% 0.0004 0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(73.29% 0.132 89.8)
XYZxyz(37.9849, 39.2188, 8.8174)
Luminance0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9A434 #3459C9
analogous
#C95A34 #C9A434 #A3C934
triadic
#C9A434 #34C9A4 #A434C9
tetradic
#C9A434 #34C95A #3459C9 #C934A3
square
#C9A434 #34C95A #3459C9 #C934A3
split-complementary
#C9A434 #34A3C9 #5A34C9
monochromatic
#68551B #987C27 #C9A434 #D7BA63 #E3D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37
#C9A434 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84
#C9A434 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A434
8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9A434#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9A4341.002.378.848.84
#FFFFFF2.371.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8421.001.001.00
##0000008.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A222
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AC3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DA968E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9a434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.132 89.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe73',
    500: '#c9a434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9a434;
$custom-light: #debe73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9a434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73289,
    "c": 0.13206,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9A434
secondary
#8A9BCE
accent
#6DE246
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FCF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161208
muted
#84817B

Preview Lab

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#C9A434 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva