#C9B93F#C9B93F
#C9B93F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.140 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #C9B93F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(201, 185, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 56%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 69%, 79%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8%, 68.7%, 21.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.49, -8.21, 61.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.49, 61.66, 97.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.73% -0.0284 0.1367) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.73% 0.14 101.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.3354, 47.4761, 11.6355) |
| Luminance | 0.4747 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Olive Yellow
#C2B709
ΔE00 3.52
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 4.08
Brownish Yellow
#C9B003
ΔE00 4.40
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 4.48
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.50
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#C9B93F #3F4FC9
analogous
#C9743F #C9B93F #94C93F
triadic
#C9B93F #3FC9B9 #B93FC9
tetradic
#C9B93F #3FC974 #3F4FC9 #C93F94
square
#C9B93F #3FC974 #3F4FC9 #C93F94
split-complementary
#C9B93F #3F94C9 #743FC9
monochromatic
#6F651F #9E912D #C9B93F #D6CA6F #E4DC9F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.00
#C9B93F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.49
#C9B93F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #C9B93F
10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##C9B93F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##C9B93F | 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)
#CAB32D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D8ACA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #c9b93f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 185, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.140 101.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ddcd7b',
500: '#c9b93f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #c9b93f; $custom-light: #ddcd7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#c9b93f",
"rgb": {
"r": 201,
"g": 185,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.043,
"s": 56.098,
"l": 51.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77731,
"c": 0.13964,
"h": 101.7
},
"luminance": 0.47474
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#C9B93F
secondary
#949BD0
accent
#5ADF48
background
#FEFCF7
surface
#FCF8EE
border
#D5D1C9
text
#16130A
muted
#84827C