#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
RGB	rgb(201, 199, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.22, -15.49, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.22, 67.75, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0492 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.154 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3281, 53.5920, 12.2307)
Luminance	0.5359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9C73C	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C73C

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

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