#C9A533#C9A533

#C9A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A533
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.16, 1.73, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.16, 60.52, 88.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0014 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.133 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1423, 39.5692, 8.7600)
Luminance	0.3957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A533 #3357C9

analogous

#C95A33 #C9A533 #A2C933

triadic

#C9A533 #33C9A5 #A533C9

tetradic

#C9A533 #33C95A #3357C9 #C933A2

square

#C9A533 #33C95A #3357C9 #C933A2

split-complementary

#C9A533 #33A2C9 #5A33C9

monochromatic

#67551A #987D27 #C9A533 #D7BB62 #E4D093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C9A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A533

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A533	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)

#B8A320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf73',
    500: '#c9a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a533;
$custom-light: #debf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A533

secondary

#899ACF

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A533

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

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