#C9C8A2#C9C8A2

#C9C8A2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.051 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9C8A2
RGB	rgb(201, 200, 162)
HSL	hsl(58, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 19.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -5.95, 19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 20.09, 107.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0143 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.051 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2629, 56.3353, 42.3487)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9C8A2 #A2A3C9

analogous

#C9B4A2 #C9C8A2 #B6C9A2

triadic

#C9C8A2 #A2C9C8 #C8A2C9

tetradic

#C9C8A2 #A2C9B4 #A2A3C9 #C9A2B6

square

#C9C8A2 #A2C9B4 #A2A3C9 #C9A2B6

split-complementary

#C9C8A2 #A2B6C9 #B4A2C9

monochromatic

#989758 #B3B17B #C9C8A2 #DFDFC9 #F4F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#C9C8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#C9C8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9C8A2

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9C8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9C8A2	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C7A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFC3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9c8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 200, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.051 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9d8bd',
    500: '#c9c8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9c8a2;
$custom-light: #d9d8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9c8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82378,
    "c": 0.05111,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9C8A2

secondary

#71739E

accent

#43A540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9C8A2

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

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