#C9A830#C9A830

#C9A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.137 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A830
RGB	rgb(201, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, 0.00, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 62.31, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.08% -0.0066 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(74.08% 0.137 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6257, 40.6385, 8.6053)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A830 #3051C9

analogous

#C95C30 #C9A830 #9EC930

triadic

#C9A830 #30C9A8 #A830C9

tetradic

#C9A830 #30C95C #3051C9 #C9309E

square

#C9A830 #30C95C #3051C9 #C9309E

split-complementary

#C9A830 #309EC9 #5C30C9

monochromatic

#665518 #987F24 #C9A830 #D8BE5E #E4D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C9A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C9A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A830

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A830	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.137 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec171',
    500: '#c9a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a830;
$custom-light: #dec171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7408,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A830

secondary

#8696CF

accent

#66E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A830

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

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