#C9A435#C9A435

#C9A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A435
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 2.35, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 59.53, 87.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0006 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.131 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0076, 39.2279, 8.9373)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A435 #355AC9

analogous

#C95A35 #C9A435 #A4C935

triadic

#C9A435 #35C9A4 #A435C9

tetradic

#C9A435 #35C95A #355AC9 #C935A4

square

#C9A435 #35C95A #355AC9 #C935A4

split-complementary

#C9A435 #35A4C9 #5A35C9

monochromatic

#68551B #997C28 #C9A435 #D6BA65 #E3D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C9A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C9A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A435

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A435	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)

#B7A224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe74',
    500: '#c9a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a435;
$custom-light: #debe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73296,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A435

secondary

#8B9CCE

accent

#6DE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A435

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

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