#C9B73D#C9B73D

#C9B73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9B73D
RGBrgb(201, 183, 61)
HSLhsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(52, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.95, -7.28, 61.35)
CIE-LCHlch(73.95, 61.78, 96.77°)
OKLaboklab(77.29% -0.026 0.1369)
OKLCHoklch(77.29% 0.139 100.7)
XYZxyz(41.8651, 46.6233, 11.2080)
Luminance0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9B73D #3D4FC9
analogous
#C9713D #C9B73D #95C93D
triadic
#C9B73D #3DC9B7 #B73DC9
tetradic
#C9B73D #3DC971 #3D4FC9 #C93D95
square
#C9B73D #3DC971 #3D4FC9 #C93D95
split-complementary
#C9B73D #3D95C9 #713DC9
monochromatic
#6D631E #9D8F2C #C9B73D #D6C96D #E4DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03
#C9B73D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32
#C9B73D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B73D
10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9B73D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9B73D1.002.0310.3210.32
#FFFFFF2.031.0021.0021.00
#00000010.3221.001.001.00
##00000010.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B22B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB944
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8AA9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9b73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.139 100.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc7a',
    500: '#c9b73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9b73d;
$custom-light: #ddcc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9b73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77294,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9B73D
secondary
#929AD0
accent
#5CE048
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C

Preview Lab

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#C9B73D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva