#C9A62E#C9A62E

#C9A62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A62E
RGB	rgb(201, 166, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 0.98, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 62.53, 89.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.004 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.137 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2190, 39.8896, 8.2707)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A62E #2E51C9

analogous

#C9592E #C9A62E #9EC92E

triadic

#C9A62E #2EC9A6 #A62EC9

tetradic

#C9A62E #2EC959 #2E51C9 #C92E9E

square

#C9A62E #2EC959 #2E51C9 #C92E9E

split-complementary

#C9A62E #2E9EC9 #592EC9

monochromatic

#655417 #977D23 #C9A62E #D9BD5B #E5D18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C9A62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#C9A62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A62E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A62E	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 166, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec070',
    500: '#c9a62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a62e;
$custom-light: #dec070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73657,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A62E

secondary

#8495CF

accent

#67E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A62E

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

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