#C9B93D#C9B93D

#C9B93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9B93D
RGBrgb(201, 185, 61)
HSLhsl(53, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(53, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.48, -8.31, 61.88)
CIE-LCHlch(74.48, 62.44, 97.65°)
OKLaboklab(77.72% -0.0289 0.138)
OKLCHoklch(77.72% 0.141 101.8)
XYZxyz(42.2805, 47.4542, 11.3465)
Luminance0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9B93D #3D4DC9
analogous
#C9733D #C9B93D #93C93D
triadic
#C9B93D #3DC9B9 #B93DC9
tetradic
#C9B93D #3DC973 #3D4DC9 #C93D93
square
#C9B93D #3DC973 #3D4DC9 #C93D93
split-complementary
#C9B93D #3D93C9 #733DC9
monochromatic
#6D641E #9D902C #C9B93D #D6CA6D #E4DC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#C9B93D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49
#C9B93D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B93D
10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9B93D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9B93D1.002.0010.4910.49
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4921.001.001.00
##00000010.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB32A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8ACA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9b93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.141 101.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd7a',
    500: '#c9b93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9b93d;
$custom-light: #ddcd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9b93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77716,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9B93D
secondary
#9299D0
accent
#59E048
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C

Preview Lab

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#C9B93D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva