#C9A735#C9A735

#C9A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A735
RGB	rgb(201, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 0.75, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 60.25, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.004 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5509, 40.3143, 9.1184)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A735 #3557C9

analogous

#C95D35 #C9A735 #A1C935

triadic

#C9A735 #35C9A7 #A735C9

tetradic

#C9A735 #35C95D #3557C9 #C935A1

square

#C9A735 #35C95D #3557C9 #C935A1

split-complementary

#C9A735 #35A1C9 #5D35C9

monochromatic

#68571B #997F28 #C9A735 #D6BC65 #E3D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#C9A735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#C9A735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A735

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A735	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)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec074',
    500: '#c9a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a735;
$custom-light: #dec074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73909,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A735

secondary

#8B9BCE

accent

#6AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A735

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

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