#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
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 52)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, 2.30, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 59.91, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0004 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.132 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9849, 39.2188, 8.8174)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9A434	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#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

Preview with #C9A434

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

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