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#C9C19E

#c9c19e ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c9c19e 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 61.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.98% magenta, 21.39% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 48.84°, with 28.48% saturation and 70.39% 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 11.61:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Sage (#bcb88a), ΔE 4.53.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5303

Complementary

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #9ea6c9

Split complementary

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #9ebbc9
  3. #ab9ec9

Analogous

  1. #c9ab9e
  2. #c9c19e
  3. #bbc99e

Triadic

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #9ec9c1
  3. #c19ec9

Tetradic

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #a6c99e
  3. #9ea6c9
  4. #c19ec9

Square

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #9ec9ab
  3. #9ea6c9
  4. #c99ebb

Monochromatic

  1. #84794a
  2. #aea26d
  3. #c9c19e
  4. #e4e0cf
  5. #f8f7f2

Shades

#c9c19e mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #b5ae8e
  3. #a19a7e
  4. #8d876f
  5. #79745f
  6. #65614f
  7. #504d3f
  8. #3c3a2f
  9. #282720
  10. #141310
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9c19e mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #cec7a8
  3. #d4cdb1
  4. #d9d4bb
  5. #dfdac5
  6. #e4e0cf
  7. #e9e6d8
  8. #efece2
  9. #f4f3ec
  10. #faf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9c19e mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9c19e
  2. #c2bb9b
  3. #bab498
  4. #b3ae95
  5. #aca792
  6. #a5a18f
  7. #9d9a8c
  8. #969489
  9. #8f8d86
  10. #878783
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.81:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 11.61:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c1c1c1 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c4c1b4 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #c8bf9c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc29f ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0bcb7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9c09d ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cac19f ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdbeae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9c19e {
  color: #c9c19e;
}
Background
.bg-c9c19e {
  background-color: #c9c19e;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9c19e {
  border: 2px solid #c9c19e;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9c19e;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 193 158;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 28% 70%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9c19e {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9c19e, #bbc99e);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9c19e {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 193 158 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.53 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 5.99 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 8.70 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.74 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 9.15 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 9.36 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 9.87 #363e61 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Sage
#c9c19e  rgb(201, 193, 158)  hsl(49, 28%, 70%)  Sage
#9ea6c9  rgb(158, 166, 201)  hsl(229, 28%, 70%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9ec9c1  rgb(158, 201, 193)  hsl(169, 28%, 70%)  Opal
#c19ec9  rgb(193, 158, 201)  hsl(289, 28%, 70%)  Lilac