#C9C488#C9C488

#C9C488 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.079 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9C488
RGBrgb(201, 196, 136)
HSLhsl(55, 38%, 66%)
HSVhsv(55, 32%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.27, -7.42, 30.82)
CIE-LCHlch(78.27, 31.70, 103.55°)
OKLaboklab(81.01% -0.0191 0.0766)
OKLCHoklch(81.01% 0.079 104)
XYZxyz(48.2717, 53.6759, 31.1054)
Luminance0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9C488 #888DC9
analogous
#C9A388 #C9C488 #ADC988
triadic
#C9C488 #88C9C4 #C488C9
tetradic
#C9C488 #88C9A3 #888DC9 #C988AD
square
#C9C488 #88C9A3 #888DC9 #C988AD
split-complementary
#C9C488 #88ADC9 #A388C9
monochromatic
#948D43 #B6AF5E #C9C488 #DCD9B2 #EFEEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79
#C9C488 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74
#C9C488 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C488
11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9C488#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9C4881.001.7911.7411.74
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7421.001.001.00
##00000011.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEC084
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0C38A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2BCB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9c488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.079 104.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad5ab',
    500: '#c9c488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9c488;
$custom-light: #dad5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9c488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 37.572,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81009,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.53675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9C488
secondary
#5A5F9B
accent
#3EB135
background
#FEFEFD
surface
#FCFBF7
border
#D5D4D0
text
#151410
muted
#848381

Preview Lab

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#C9C488 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva