#C9A535#C9A535

#C9A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A535
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 1.82, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 59.77, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0009 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.132 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1873, 39.5872, 8.9972)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A535 #3559C9

analogous

#C95B35 #C9A535 #A3C935

triadic

#C9A535 #35C9A5 #A535C9

tetradic

#C9A535 #35C95B #3559C9 #C935A3

square

#C9A535 #35C95B #3559C9 #C935A3

split-complementary

#C9A535 #35A3C9 #5B35C9

monochromatic

#68551B #997D28 #C9A535 #D6BB65 #E3D095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C9A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A535

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A535	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)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf74',
    500: '#c9a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a535;
$custom-light: #debf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.735,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A535

secondary

#8B9CCE

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A535

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

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