#C9C73C#C9C73C

#C9C73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.154 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C73C
RGBrgb(201, 199, 60)
HSLhsl(59, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(59, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 1%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.22, -15.49, 65.95)
CIE-LCHlch(78.22, 67.75, 103.22°)
OKLaboklab(80.69% -0.0492 0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(80.69% 0.154 108.6)
XYZxyz(45.3281, 53.5920, 12.2307)
Luminance0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C73C #3C3EC9
analogous
#C9803C #C9C73C #84C93C
triadic
#C9C73C #3CC9C7 #C73CC9
tetradic
#C9C73C #3CC980 #3C3EC9 #C93C84
square
#C9C73C #3CC980 #3C3EC9 #C93C84
split-complementary
#C9C73C #3C84C9 #803CC9
monochromatic
#6D6B1E #9C9B2B #C9C73C #D6D56C #E4E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#C9C73C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72
#C9C73C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C73C
11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C73C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C73C1.001.7911.7211.72
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7221.001.001.00
##00000011.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C446
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BAAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.154 108.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd77b',
    500: '#c9c73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c73c;
$custom-light: #ddd77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80695,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C73C
secondary
#333476
accent
#4AE048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

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#C9C73C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva