#C9C73A#C9C73A

#C9C73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.156 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C73A
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -15.59, 66.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 68.46, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0497 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.156 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.2762, 53.5713, 11.9575)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C73A #3A3CC9

analogous

#C97F3A #C9C73A #83C93A

triadic

#C9C73A #3AC9C7 #C73AC9

tetradic

#C9C73A #3AC97F #3A3CC9 #C93A83

square

#C9C73A #3AC97F #3A3CC9 #C93A83

split-complementary

#C9C73A #3A83C9 #7F3AC9

monochromatic

#6B6A1D #9B9A2B #C9C73A #D6D56A #E3E29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9C73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#C9C73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C73A

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C73A	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.156 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77a',
    500: '#c9c73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c73a;
$custom-light: #ddd77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.161,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80681,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C73A

secondary

#323375

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C73A

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

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