#C9A637#C9A637

#C9A637 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A637
RGB	rgb(201, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 1.37, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 59.24, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.0019 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.131 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4153, 39.9681, 9.3049)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A637 #375AC9

analogous

#C95D37 #C9A637 #A3C937

triadic

#C9A637 #37C9A6 #A637C9

tetradic

#C9A637 #37C95D #375AC9 #C937A3

square

#C9A637 #37C95D #375AC9 #C937A3

split-complementary

#C9A637 #37A3C9 #5D37C9

monochromatic

#69571C #997F29 #C9A637 #D6BB67 #E3D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C9A637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#C9A637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A637

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A637	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec075',
    500: '#c9a637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a637;
$custom-light: #dec075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73719,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A637

secondary

#8D9DCF

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A637

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

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