#C9C48A#C9C48A

#C9C48A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.077 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C48A
RGB	rgb(201, 196, 138)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(55, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -7.17, 29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 30.67, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0182 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.077 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.4152, 53.7333, 31.8610)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C48A #8A8FC9

analogous

#C9A58A #C9C48A #AFC98A

triadic

#C9C48A #8AC9C4 #C48AC9

tetradic

#C9C48A #8AC9A5 #8A8FC9 #C98AAF

square

#C9C48A #8AC9A5 #8A8FC9 #C98AAF

split-complementary

#C9C48A #8AAFC9 #A58AC9

monochromatic

#948E44 #B6AF60 #C9C48A #DCD9B4 #F0EEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#C9C48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#C9C48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C48A

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C48A	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 196, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.077 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dad5ac',
    500: '#c9c48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c48a;
$custom-light: #dad5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.238,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81046,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C48A

secondary

#5C619B

accent

#3FB036

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C48A

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

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