#C9A733#C9A733

#C9A733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.134 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A733
RGB	rgb(201, 167, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.68, 0.66, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.68, 60.99, 89.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0044 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.134 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5058, 40.2963, 8.8811)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A733 #3355C9

analogous

#C95C33 #C9A733 #A0C933

triadic

#C9A733 #33C9A7 #A733C9

tetradic

#C9A733 #33C95C #3355C9 #C933A0

square

#C9A733 #33C95C #3355C9 #C933A0

split-complementary

#C9A733 #33A0C9 #5C33C9

monochromatic

#67561A #987E27 #C9A733 #D7BD62 #E4D193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C9A733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C9A733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A733

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A733	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 167, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.134 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec073',
    500: '#c9a733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a733;
$custom-light: #dec073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A733

secondary

#8999CF

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A733

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

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