#C9B93A#C9B93A

#C9B93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.143 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B93A
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -8.46, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 63.57, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0296 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.143 102)
XYZ	xyz(42.2019, 47.4228, 10.9327)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B93A #3A4AC9

analogous

#C9713A #C9B93A #91C93A

triadic

#C9B93A #3AC9B9 #B93AC9

tetradic

#C9B93A #3AC971 #3A4AC9 #C93A91

square

#C9B93A #3AC971 #3A4AC9 #C93A91

split-complementary

#C9B93A #3A91C9 #713AC9

monochromatic

#6B631D #9B8F2B #C9B93A #D6CA6A #E3DB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C9B93A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#C9B93A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B93A

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B93A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B93A	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.143 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd78',
    500: '#c9b93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b93a;
$custom-light: #ddcd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77693,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.47421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B93A

secondary

#9097CF

accent

#59E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B93A

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

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