#C9CE99#C9CE99

#C9CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.071 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9CE99
RGB	rgb(201, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(66, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -10.33, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 27.86, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0268 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.071 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9083, 58.8605, 38.7575)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9CE99 #9E99CE

analogous

#CEB899 #C9CE99 #AECE99

triadic

#C9CE99 #99C9CE #CE99C9

tetradic

#C9CE99 #99CEB8 #9E99CE #CE99AE

square

#C9CE99 #99CEB8 #9E99CE #CE99AE

split-complementary

#C9CE99 #99AECE #B899CE

monochromatic

#98A04D #B3BA70 #C9CE99 #DFE2C2 #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#C9CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#C9CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9CE99

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9CE99	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.071 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dadcb7',
    500: '#c9ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ce99;
$custom-light: #dadcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83439,
    "c": 0.07053,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9CE99

secondary

#6D68A3

accent

#38AE43

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9CE99

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

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