#C9B93E#C9B93E

#C9B93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B93E
RGB	rgb(201, 185, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -8.26, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 62.05, 97.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0286 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3077, 47.4650, 11.4896)
Luminance	0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B93E #3E4EC9

analogous

#C9743E #C9B93E #93C93E

triadic

#C9B93E #3EC9B9 #B93EC9

tetradic

#C9B93E #3EC974 #3E4EC9 #C93E93

square

#C9B93E #3EC974 #3E4EC9 #C93E93

split-complementary

#C9B93E #3E93C9 #743EC9

monochromatic

#6E651F #9E912C #C9B93E #D6CA6E #E4DC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#C9B93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#C9B93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B93E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B93E	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)

#CAB32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddcd7a',
    500: '#c9b93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b93e;
$custom-light: #ddcd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.094,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77723,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B93E

secondary

#939AD0

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B93E

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

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