#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
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -7.42, 30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 31.70, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0191 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.079 104)
XYZ	xyz(48.2717, 53.6759, 31.1054)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C9C488	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C9C488

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

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