#C9C19D#C9C19D

#C9C19D is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.049 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C19D
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 157)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -3.03, 19.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 19.41, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.006 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.049 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2431, 52.9926, 39.5263)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C19D #9DA5C9

analogous

#C9AB9D #C9C19D #BBC99D

triadic

#C9C19D #9DC9C1 #C19DC9

tetradic

#C9C19D #9DC9AB #9DA5C9 #C99DBB

square

#C9C19D #9DC9AB #9DA5C9 #C99DBB

split-complementary

#C9C19D #9DBBC9 #AB9DC9

monochromatic

#988B54 #B3A876 #C9C19D #DFDAC4 #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C19D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#C9C19D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C19D

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C19D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C19D	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c19d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.049 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d3ba',
    500: '#c9c19d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c19d;
$custom-light: #d9d3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c19d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80818,
    "c": 0.04936,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C19D

secondary

#6C759E

accent

#51A83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C19D

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

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