#C9C19F#C9C19F

#C9C19F is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.047 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C19F
RGB	rgb(201, 193, 159)
HSL	hsl(49, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 20.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -2.74, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 18.37, 98.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0051 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.047 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4152, 53.0615, 40.4329)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C19F #9FA7C9

analogous

#C9AC9F #C9C19F #BCC99F

triadic

#C9C19F #9FC9C1 #C19FC9

tetradic

#C9C19F #9FC9AC #9FA7C9 #C99FBC

square

#C9C19F #9FC9AC #9FA7C9 #C99FBC

split-complementary

#C9C19F #9FBCC9 #AC9FC9

monochromatic

#988B56 #B3A878 #C9C19F #DFDAC6 #F4F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#C9C19F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#C9C19F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C19F

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C19F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C19F	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)

#C8BF9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c19f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 193, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.047 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d3bb',
    500: '#c9c19f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c19f;
$custom-light: #d9d3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c19f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80863,
    "c": 0.04679,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C19F

secondary

#6E779E

accent

#53A73F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C19F

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

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