#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
RGBrgb(201, 165, 37)
HSLhsl(47, 69%, 47%)
HSVhsv(47, 82%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.9%, 81.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.09, 1.20, 65.18)
CIE-LCHlch(69.09, 65.20, 88.94°)
OKLaboklab(73.4% -0.0043 0.1404)
OKLCHoklch(73.4% 0.14 91.7)
XYZxyz(37.8787, 39.4638, 7.3721)
Luminance0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C9A5251.002.368.898.89
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8921.001.001.00
##0000008.8921.001.001.00

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

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#C9A525 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva