#C9C19C#C9C19C

#C9C19C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.051 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C19C
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 156)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -3.18, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 19.94, 99.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0064 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.051 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1581, 52.9586, 39.0785)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C19C #9CA4C9

analogous

#C9AA9C #C9C19C #BBC99C

triadic

#C9C19C #9CC9C1 #C19CC9

tetradic

#C9C19C #9CC9AA #9CA4C9 #C99CBB

square

#C9C19C #9CC9AA #9CA4C9 #C99CBB

split-complementary

#C9C19C #9CBBC9 #AA9CC9

monochromatic

#988C53 #B3A874 #C9C19C #DFDAC4 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C19C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#C9C19C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C19C

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C19C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C19C	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c19c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.051 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d3b9',
    500: '#c9c19c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c19c;
$custom-light: #d9d3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c19c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.05063,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C19C

secondary

#6B749E

accent

#50A83D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C19C

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

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