#C9B73A#C9B73A

#C9B73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.141 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B73A
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 58)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -7.43, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 62.92, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0267 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.141 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7865, 46.5919, 10.7942)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B73A #3A4CC9

analogous

#C9703A #C9B73A #93C93A

triadic

#C9B73A #3AC9B7 #B73AC9

tetradic

#C9B73A #3AC970 #3A4CC9 #C93A93

square

#C9B73A #3AC970 #3A4CC9 #C93A93

split-complementary

#C9B73A #3A93C9 #703AC9

monochromatic

#6B611D #9B8D2B #C9B73A #D6C96A #E3DA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#C9B73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#C9B73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B73A

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B73A	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.141 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc78',
    500: '#c9b73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b73a;
$custom-light: #ddcc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77271,
    "c": 0.14129,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B73A

secondary

#9098CF

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B73A

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

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