#C9CD8A#C9CD8A

#C9CD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.088 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CD8A
RGB	rgb(201, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(64, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(2%, 0%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -11.79, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 35.01, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.94% -0.0315 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(82.94% 0.088 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5064, 57.9158, 32.5580)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CD8A #8E8ACD

analogous

#CDB08A #C9CD8A #A8CD8A

triadic

#C9CD8A #8AC9CD #CD8AC9

tetradic

#C9CD8A #8ACDB0 #8E8ACD #CD8AA8

square

#C9CD8A #8ACDB0 #8E8ACD #CD8AA8

split-complementary

#C9CD8A #8AA8CD #B08ACD

monochromatic

#959B42 #B5BB5F #C9CD8A #DDDFB5 #F1F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#C9CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#C9CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CD8A

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CD8A	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2C5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.088 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadcad',
    500: '#c9cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9cd8a;
$custom-light: #dadcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.582,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82939,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CD8A

secondary

#5F5AA1

accent

#32B33A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CD8A

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

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