Information about #C9A330 color

#C9A330 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#C9A330 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(201, 163, 48) — 78.8% red, 63.9% green, 18.8% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 15 / 60 / 21. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#C9A330 presents itself as a strongly colored golden yellow — one that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Satin Sheen Gold (#CBA135). Slightly further away sit Vintage Yellow (#CBA92B) and Afterglow (#CE9732).

The recipe behind #C9A330 is rgb(201, 163, 48), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 8.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.4:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #C9A330 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#C9A330 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#C9A330 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #C9A330

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Afterglow color link
Afterglow

#CE9732

Day's Eye color link
Day's Eye

#C89828

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Rustic Gold color link
Rustic Gold

#C2A03D

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Warm Gold color link
Warm Gold

#DAA428

Golden Spice color link
Golden Spice

#C6973F

Lemon Curry color link
Lemon Curry

#CCA01D

Galliano color link
Galliano

#D8A723

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#C9A330
  • RGB201, 163, 48
  • CMYK0, 15, 60, 21
  • CSSrgb(201, 163, 48)
  • HSL45°, 61%, 49%
  • HSL Precise45.098°, 61.446%, 48.824%
  • HSV45°, 76%, 79%
  • HSB45°, 76%, 79%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.788
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.639
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.188
  • GLSLvec3(0.788, 0.639, 0.188)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.788, 0.639, 0.188, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.788, 0.639, 0.188)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB78.8%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB63.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB18.8%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDC9A330
  • DECIMAL ID13214512
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01