#C9A92F#C9A92F

#C9A92F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.138 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A92F
RGB	rgb(201, 169, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -0.57, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 62.91, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0084 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.138 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7906, 41.0010, 8.5596)
Luminance	0.4100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A92F #2F4FC9

analogous

#C95C2F #C9A92F #9CC92F

triadic

#C9A92F #2FC9A9 #A92FC9

tetradic

#C9A92F #2FC95C #2F4FC9 #C92F9C

square

#C9A92F #2FC95C #2F4FC9 #C92F9C

split-complementary

#C9A92F #2F9CC9 #5C2FC9

monochromatic

#665618 #977F23 #C9A92F #D9BF5C #E5D38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C9A92F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C9A92F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A92F

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A92F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A92F	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)

#BCA617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a92f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 169, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.138 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec271',
    500: '#c9a92f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a92f;
$custom-light: #dec271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a92f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74279,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A92F

secondary

#8594CF

accent

#64E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A92F

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

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