#C9C19B#C9C19B

#C9C19B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.052 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C19B
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 155)
HSL	hsl(50, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -3.32, 20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 20.46, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0068 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.052 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0737, 52.9249, 38.6344)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C19B #9BA3C9

analogous

#C9AA9B #C9C19B #BAC99B

triadic

#C9C19B #9BC9C1 #C19BC9

tetradic

#C9C19B #9BC9AA #9BA3C9 #C99BBA

square

#C9C19B #9BC9AA #9BA3C9 #C99BBA

split-complementary

#C9C19B #9BBAC9 #AA9BC9

monochromatic

#988C52 #B4A873 #C9C19B #DEDAC3 #F4F2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C19B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#C9C19B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C19B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C19B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C19B	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)

#C9BF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c19b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.052 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d3b8',
    500: '#c9c19b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c19b;
$custom-light: #d9d3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c19b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80773,
    "c": 0.05191,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C19B

secondary

#6A739E

accent

#50A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C19B

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

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