#C9B73F#C9B73F

#C9B73F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B73F
RGB	rgb(201, 183, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -7.17, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 61.00, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0254 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9199, 46.6452, 11.4970)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B73F #3F51C9

analogous

#C9723F #C9B73F #96C93F

triadic

#C9B73F #3FC9B7 #B73FC9

tetradic

#C9B73F #3FC972 #3F51C9 #C93F96

square

#C9B73F #3FC972 #3F51C9 #C93F96

split-complementary

#C9B73F #3F96C9 #723FC9

monochromatic

#6F641F #9E8F2D #C9B73F #D6C96F #E4DB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#C9B73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#C9B73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B73F

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B73F	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 183, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcc7b',
    500: '#c9b73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b73f;
$custom-light: #ddcc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7731,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B73F

secondary

#949CD0

accent

#5CDF48

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B73F

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

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