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Brownish Yellow #C9B003

#C9B003oklch(0.7558 0.1561 98.9)

Brownish Yellow (#C9B003) is a light moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 75.6%, chroma 0.156 and hue 98.9°; its relative luminance is 43.5%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 62, WCAG 9.70:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.3).

#C9B003 in every format

HEX#C9B003
RGBrgb(201 176 3)
HSLhsl(52.4 97.1% 40.0%)
HSB / HSVhsb(52.4 98.5% 78.8%)
HWBhwb(52.4 1.2% 21.2%)
CMYK (formula)cmyk(0/12/99/21)
CMYK (FOGRA39 coated)cmyk(23/23/100/6)
CIELAB (D50)lab(72.31 -1.03 73.22)
LChlch(72.31 73.23 90.8)
OKLaboklab(0.7558 -0.0242 0.1543)
OKLCHoklch(0.7558 0.1561 98.9)
CIE XYZ (D65)color(xyz-d65 0.39628 0.43476 0.06391)
CIE xyYxyY(0.4428 0.4858 0.4348)
Display P3color(display-p3 0.7720 0.6937 0.2272)
Linear sRGBcolor(srgb-linear 0.58408 0.43415 0.00091)
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Text on #C9B003

White textWCAG 2.17:1 · APCA Lc 47
Black textWCAG 9.70:1 · APCA Lc 62

Color blindness

Machado 2009 simulation
#C9B003normal
#C3AB00protanopia
#CAB41Ddeuteranopia
#DAA196tritanopia

Tints and shades

OKLCH lightness steps, hue held
#FFF067
#F1D84D
#D7BE28
#BEA500
#A48C00
#897400
#6F5D00
#564700
#3E3200
#281F00
#130D00

Harmonies

hue rotations in OKLCH
Complementary
#C9B003
#9CA4FF
Analogous
#C9B003
#EF9B22
#91C24D
Triadic
#C9B003
#00C5F2
#EF86D0
Split complementary
#C9B003
#57B6FF
#CD92FA
Tetradic
#C9B003
#00CDC3
#9CA4FF
#FF829B

Similar colors

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