#C9C93D#C9C93D

#C9C93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.156 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C93D
RGBrgb(201, 201, 61)
HSLhsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 70%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.77, -16.44, 66.13)
CIE-LCHlch(78.77, 68.14, 103.96°)
OKLaboklab(81.13% -0.0518 0.147)
OKLCHoklch(81.13% 0.156 109.4)
XYZxyz(45.8179, 54.5291, 12.5256)
Luminance0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C93D #3D3DC9
analogous
#C9833D #C9C93D #83C93D
triadic
#C9C93D #3DC9C9 #C93DC9
tetradic
#C9C93D #3DC983 #3D3DC9 #C93D83
square
#C9C93D #3DC983 #3D3DC9 #C93D83
split-complementary
#C9C93D #3D83C9 #833DC9
monochromatic
#6D6D1E #9D9D2C #C9C93D #D6D66D #E4E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#C9C93D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91
#C9C93D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C93D
11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C93D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C93D1.001.7611.9111.91
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9121.001.001.00
##00000011.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9C125
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC547
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D7BCAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 201, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.156 109.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd97b',
    500: '#c9c93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c93d;
$custom-light: #ddd97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81133,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C93D
secondary
#333377
accent
#48E048
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C93D

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#C9C93D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva