#C9A833#C9A833

#C9A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.135 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A833
RGB	rgb(201, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, 0.13, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 61.24, 89.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.006 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.135 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6897, 40.6641, 8.9424)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A833 #3354C9

analogous

#C95D33 #C9A833 #9FC933

triadic

#C9A833 #33C9A8 #A833C9

tetradic

#C9A833 #33C95D #3354C9 #C9339F

square

#C9A833 #33C95D #3354C9 #C9339F

split-complementary

#C9A833 #339FC9 #5D33C9

monochromatic

#67561A #987F27 #C9A833 #D7BD62 #E4D293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C9A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C9A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A833

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A833	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)

#BBA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.135 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec173',
    500: '#c9a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a833;
$custom-light: #dec173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.741,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A833

secondary

#8999CF

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A833

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

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