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#C9C19F

#c9c19f ≈ Sage

  • yellow
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Warm
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#c9c19f 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 62.35% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 3.98% magenta, 20.9% yellow and 21.18% black. Its hue angle is 48.57°, with 28% saturation and 70.59% 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 4.77.

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Web safe#cccc99
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Relative luminance0.5306

Complementary

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #9fa7c9

Split complementary

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #9fbcc9
  3. #ac9fc9

Analogous

  1. #c9ac9f
  2. #c9c19f
  3. #bcc99f

Triadic

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #9fc9c1
  3. #c19fc9

Tetradic

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #a7c99f
  3. #9fa7c9
  4. #c19fc9

Square

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #9fc9ac
  3. #9fa7c9
  4. #c99fbc

Monochromatic

  1. #84794b
  2. #ada16e
  3. #c9c19f
  4. #e5e1d0
  5. #f8f7f2

Shades

#c9c19f mixed progressively with black.

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #b5ae8f
  3. #a19a7f
  4. #8d876f
  5. #79745f
  6. #656150
  7. #504d40
  8. #3c3a30
  9. #282720
  10. #141310
  11. #000000

Tints

#c9c19f mixed progressively with white.

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #cec7a9
  3. #d4cdb2
  4. #d9d4bc
  5. #dfdac5
  6. #e4e0cf
  7. #e9e6d9
  8. #efece2
  9. #f4f3ec
  10. #faf9f5
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#c9c19f mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #c9c19f
  2. #c2bb9c
  3. #bab499
  4. #b3ae96
  5. #aca793
  6. #a5a190
  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 #c8bf9d ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #cbc2a0 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #d0bcb8 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c9c09e ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #cac2a0 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #cdbeae ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-c9c19f {
  color: #c9c19f;
}
Background
.bg-c9c19f {
  background-color: #c9c19f;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-c9c19f {
  border: 2px solid #c9c19f;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #c9c19f;
  --color-primary-rgb: 201 193 159;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 28% 71%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-c9c19f {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #c9c19f, #bcc99f);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-c9c19f {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(201 193 159 / 0.35);
}

#bcb88a Sage ΔE 4.77 #c2b280 Ecru ΔE 6.18 #eae0c8 Pearl ΔE 8.55 #d2b48c Tan ΔE 8.74 #e3dac9 Bone ΔE 8.93 #f5deb3 Wheat ΔE 9.38 #bdb76b Dark Khaki ΔE 10.14 #363e60 Inverted #c1c1c1 Grayscale 

Sage
#c9c19f  rgb(201, 193, 159)  hsl(49, 28%, 71%)  Sage
#9fa7c9  rgb(159, 167, 201)  hsl(229, 28%, 71%)  Wild Blue Yonder
#9fc9c1  rgb(159, 201, 193)  hsl(169, 28%, 71%)  Opal
#c19fc9  rgb(193, 159, 201)  hsl(289, 28%, 71%)  Lilac