#C9A82E#C9A82E

#C9A82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.138 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A82E
RGB	rgb(201, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -0.08, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 63.01, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0071 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.138 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5854, 40.6223, 8.3928)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A82E #2E4FC9

analogous

#C95A2E #C9A82E #9CC92E

triadic

#C9A82E #2EC9A8 #A82EC9

tetradic

#C9A82E #2EC95A #2E4FC9 #C92E9C

square

#C9A82E #2EC95A #2E4FC9 #C92E9C

split-complementary

#C9A82E #2E9CC9 #5A2EC9

monochromatic

#655517 #977E23 #C9A82E #D9BE5B #E5D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C9A82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C9A82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A82E

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A82E	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.138 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec170',
    500: '#c9a82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a82e;
$custom-light: #dec170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.226,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74067,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A82E

secondary

#8494CF

accent

#65E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A82E

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

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