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#C9C19B

#c9c19b ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c9c19b is a color from the yellow family, with high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 78.82% red, 75.69% green and 60.78% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.98% magenta, 22.89% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 49.57°, with 29.87% saturation and 69.8% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 11.58:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 3.9.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5292

Complementary

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #9ba3c9

Split complementary

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #9bbac9
  3. #aa9bc9

Analogous

  1. #c9aa9b
  2. #c9c19b
  3. #bac99b

Triadic

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #9bc9c1
  3. #c19bc9

Tetradic

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #a3c99b
  3. #9ba3c9
  4. #c19bc9

Square

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #9bc9aa
  3. #9ba3c9
  4. #c99bba

Monochromatic

  1. #847947
  2. #aea269
  3. #c9c19b
  4. #e4e0cd
  5. #f8f7f2

Shades

#c9c19b mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #b5ae8c
  3. #a19a7c
  4. #8d876d
  5. #79745d
  6. #65614e
  7. #504d3e
  8. #3c3a2f
  9. #28271f
  10. #141310
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9c19b mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #cec7a5
  3. #d4cdaf
  4. #d9d4b9
  5. #dfdac3
  6. #e4e0cd
  7. #e9e6d7
  8. #efece1
  9. #f4f3eb
  10. #faf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9c19b mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9c19b
  2. #c2bb98
  3. #bab496
  4. #b3ae93
  5. #aca790
  6. #a5a18e
  7. #9d9a8b
  8. #969488
  9. #8f8d85
  10. #878783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.58:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c0c0c0 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c1b3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c9bf99 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc29c ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0bbb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9c09a ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cac19c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cebeac ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9c19b {
  color: #c9c19b;
}
Background
.bg-c9c19b {
  background-color: #c9c19b;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9c19b {
  border: 2px solid #c9c19b;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9c19b;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 193 155;
  --color-primary-hsl: 50 30% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9c19b {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9c19b, #bac99b);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9c19b {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 193 155 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 3.90 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.50 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.77 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.08 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 9.16 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 9.35 #f3e5ab Vanilla ΔE 9.77 #363e64 Inverted #c0c0c0 Grayscale 

Sage
#c9c19b  rgb(201, 193, 155)  hsl(50, 30%, 70%)  Sage
#9ba3c9  rgb(155, 163, 201)  hsl(230, 30%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9bc9c1  rgb(155, 201, 193)  hsl(170, 30%, 70%)  Opal
#c19bc9  rgb(193, 155, 201)  hsl(290, 30%, 70%)  Lilac