#C9A534#C9A534

#C9A534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.133 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A534
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 1.77, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 60.14, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0011 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.133 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1645, 39.5781, 8.8773)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A534 #3458C9

analogous

#C95A34 #C9A534 #A3C934

triadic

#C9A534 #34C9A5 #A534C9

tetradic

#C9A534 #34C95A #3458C9 #C934A3

square

#C9A534 #34C95A #3458C9 #C934A3

split-complementary

#C9A534 #34A3C9 #5A34C9

monochromatic

#68551B #987D27 #C9A534 #D7BB63 #E3D094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C9A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A534

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A534	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.133 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf73',
    500: '#c9a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a534;
$custom-light: #debf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.503,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73493,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A534

secondary

#8A9BCE

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A534

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

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