#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
RGBrgb(201, 185, 62)
HSLhsl(53, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(53, 69%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(74.49, -8.26, 61.50)
CIE-LCHlch(74.49, 62.05, 97.65°)
OKLaboklab(77.72% -0.0286 0.1374)
OKLCHoklch(77.72% 0.14 101.8)
XYZxyz(42.3077, 47.4650, 11.4896)
Luminance0.4746 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9B93E1.002.0010.4910.49
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4921.001.001.00
##00000010.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#C9B93E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva