#C9C93A#C9C93A

#C9C93A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.158 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C93A
RGBrgb(201, 201, 58)
HSLhsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.75, -16.59, 67.18)
CIE-LCHlch(78.75, 69.20, 103.87°)
OKLaboklab(81.11% -0.0525 0.1487)
OKLCHoklch(81.11% 0.158 109.5)
XYZxyz(45.7394, 54.4976, 12.1119)
Luminance0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C93A #3A3AC9
analogous
#C9813A #C9C93A #81C93A
triadic
#C9C93A #3AC9C9 #C93AC9
tetradic
#C9C93A #3AC981 #3A3AC9 #C93A81
square
#C9C93A #3AC981 #3A3AC9 #C93A81
split-complementary
#C9C93A #3A81C9 #813AC9
monochromatic
#6B6B1D #9B9B2B #C9C93A #D6D66A #E3E39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#C9C93A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90
#C9C93A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C93A
11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C93A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C93A1.001.7611.9011.90
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9021.001.001.00
##00000011.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C120
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC545
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BCAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c93a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 201, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.158 109.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97a',
    500: '#c9c93a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c93a;
$custom-light: #ddd97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c93a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81112,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C93A
secondary
#323275
accent
#48E048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

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#C9C93A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva