#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
RGB	rgb(201, 201, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -16.59, 67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 69.20, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0525 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.158 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7394, 54.4976, 12.1119)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##C9C93A	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C93A

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

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