#C9A532#C9A532

#C9A532 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.134 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A532
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 50)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.68, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 60.88, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0016 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.134 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1204, 39.5604, 8.6451)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A532 #3256C9

analogous

#C95932 #C9A532 #A2C932

triadic

#C9A532 #32C9A5 #A532C9

tetradic

#C9A532 #32C959 #3256C9 #C932A2

square

#C9A532 #32C959 #3256C9 #C932A2

split-complementary

#C9A532 #32A2C9 #5932C9

monochromatic

#67551A #987D26 #C9A532 #D8BB61 #E4D092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C9A532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A532

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A532	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.134 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf72',
    500: '#c9a532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a532;
$custom-light: #debf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.695,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73479,
    "c": 0.13378,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A532

secondary

#8899CF

accent

#6AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A532

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

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