#C9C19E#C9C19E

#C9C19E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.048 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C19E
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 158)
HSL	hsl(49, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -2.89, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 18.89, 98.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0055 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.048 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.3288, 53.0269, 39.9777)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C19E #9EA6C9

analogous

#C9AB9E #C9C19E #BBC99E

triadic

#C9C19E #9EC9C1 #C19EC9

tetradic

#C9C19E #9EC9AB #9EA6C9 #C99EBB

square

#C9C19E #9EC9AB #9EA6C9 #C99EBB

split-complementary

#C9C19E #9EBBC9 #AB9EC9

monochromatic

#988B55 #B3A877 #C9C19E #DFDAC5 #F4F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C9C19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C19E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C19E	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BF9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.048 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d3ba',
    500: '#c9c19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c19e;
$custom-light: #d9d3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.837,
    "s": 28.477,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80841,
    "c": 0.04808,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C19E

secondary

#6D769E

accent

#52A73E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C19E

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

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