#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
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -7.28, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 61.78, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.026 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.8651, 46.6233, 11.2080)
Luminance	0.4662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##C9B73D	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#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

Preview with #C9B73D

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

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