#C9A930#C9A930

#C9A930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.137 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A930
RGB	rgb(201, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.18, -0.53, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.18, 62.56, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0081 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.137 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8110, 41.0091, 8.6671)
Luminance	0.4101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A930 #3050C9

analogous

#C95D30 #C9A930 #9DC930

triadic

#C9A930 #30C9A9 #A930C9

tetradic

#C9A930 #30C95D #3050C9 #C9309D

square

#C9A930 #30C95D #3050C9 #C9309D

split-complementary

#C9A930 #309DC9 #5D30C9

monochromatic

#665618 #987F24 #C9A930 #D8BF5E #E4D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#C9A930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#C9A930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A930

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A930	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)

#BCA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.137 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec271',
    500: '#c9a930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a930;
$custom-light: #dec271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74285,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A930

secondary

#8695CF

accent

#65E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A930

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

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