#C9A92E#C9A92E

#C9A92E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A92E
RGB	rgb(201, 169, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 77.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, -0.61, 63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 63.25, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.0086 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.138 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7707, 40.9930, 8.4546)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A92E #2E4EC9

analogous

#C95B2E #C9A92E #9BC92E

triadic

#C9A92E #2EC9A9 #A92EC9

tetradic

#C9A92E #2EC95B #2E4EC9 #C92E9B

square

#C9A92E #2EC95B #2E4EC9 #C92E9B

split-complementary

#C9A92E #2E9BC9 #5B2EC9

monochromatic

#655517 #977F23 #C9A92E #D9BF5B #E5D38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C9A92E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C9A92E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A92E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A92E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A92E	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA615

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a92e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 169, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec270',
    500: '#c9a92e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a92e;
$custom-light: #dec270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a92e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74273,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A92E

secondary

#8493CF

accent

#64E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A92E

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

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