#C9A525#C9A525

#C9A525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.140 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A525
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 69%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 81.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 1.20, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 65.20, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0043 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.14 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8787, 39.4638, 7.3721)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A525 #2549C9

analogous

#C95325 #C9A525 #9BC925

triadic

#C9A525 #25C9A5 #A525C9

tetradic

#C9A525 #25C953 #2549C9 #C9259B

square

#C9A525 #25C953 #2549C9 #C9259B

split-complementary

#C9A525 #259BC9 #5325C9

monochromatic

#625012 #957B1B #C9A525 #DEBE4D #E8D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C9A525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A525

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A525	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.140 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf6c',
    500: '#c9a525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a525;
$custom-light: #debf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 68.908,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A525

secondary

#798DD0

accent

#63EC3C

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FCF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A525

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

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