#C9B93C#C9B93C

#C9B93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B93C
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -8.36, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 62.82, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0292 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2538, 47.4435, 11.2059)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B93C #3C4CC9

analogous

#C9723C #C9B93C #93C93C

triadic

#C9B93C #3CC9B9 #B93CC9

tetradic

#C9B93C #3CC972 #3C4CC9 #C93C93

square

#C9B93C #3CC972 #3C4CC9 #C93C93

split-complementary

#C9B93C #3C93C9 #723CC9

monochromatic

#6D641E #9C902B #C9B93C #D6CA6C #E4DB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C9B93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C9B93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B93C

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B93C	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd79',
    500: '#c9b93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b93c;
$custom-light: #ddcd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77708,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B93C

secondary

#9198D0

accent

#59E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B93C

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

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