#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
RGB	rgb(201, 201, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, -16.44, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 68.14, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0518 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.156 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8179, 54.5291, 12.5256)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

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
##C9C93D	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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