#C9C19A#C9C19A

#C9C19A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.053 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C19A
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 154)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 23.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -3.47, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 20.98, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0072 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.053 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.9901, 52.8914, 38.1939)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C19A #9AA2C9

analogous

#C9AA9A #C9C19A #BAC99A

triadic

#C9C19A #9AC9C1 #C19AC9

tetradic

#C9C19A #9AC9AA #9AA2C9 #C99ABA

square

#C9C19A #9AC9AA #9AA2C9 #C99ABA

split-complementary

#C9C19A #9ABAC9 #AA9AC9

monochromatic

#988C51 #B4A972 #C9C19A #DED9C2 #F4F2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C19A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C9C19A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C19A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C19A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C19A	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c19a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.053 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad3b8',
    500: '#c9c19a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c19a;
$custom-light: #dad3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c19a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 30.323,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80751,
    "c": 0.05319,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C19A

secondary

#69729E

accent

#4FA93C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C19A

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

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