#C9A536#C9A536

#C9A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A536
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, 1.86, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 59.39, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0007 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.131 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2105, 39.5965, 9.1196)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A536 #365AC9

analogous

#C95B36 #C9A536 #A4C936

triadic

#C9A536 #36C9A5 #A536C9

tetradic

#C9A536 #36C95B #365AC9 #C936A4

square

#C9A536 #36C95B #365AC9 #C936A4

split-complementary

#C9A536 #36A4C9 #5B36C9

monochromatic

#69561C #997D29 #C9A536 #D6BB66 #E3D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C9A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C9A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A536

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A536	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	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)

#B8A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debf74',
    500: '#c9a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a536;
$custom-light: #debf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.13137,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A536

secondary

#8C9DCE

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A536

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

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