Colors / yellow
Sandstone #C9AE74
#C9AE74oklch(0.7611 0.0820 85.6)
Sandstone (#C9AE74) is a light muted yellow. In OKLCH it has lightness 76.1%, chroma 0.082 and hue 85.6°; its relative luminance is 44.0%. Black text reads best on it (APCA Lc 62, WCAG 9.79:1). It prints well on coated paper (FOGRA39, ΔE00 0.4).
#C9AE74 in every format
| HEX | #C9AE74 |
| RGB | rgb(201 174 116) |
| HSL | hsl(40.9 44.0% 62.2%) |
| HSB / HSV | hsb(40.9 42.3% 78.8%) |
| HWB | hwb(40.9 45.5% 21.2%) |
| CMYK (formula) | cmyk(0/13/42/21) |
| CMYK (FOGRA39 coated) | cmyk(21/28/59/6) |
| CIELAB (D50) | lab(72.49 4.28 33.54) |
| LCh | lch(72.49 33.82 82.7) |
| OKLab | oklab(0.7611 0.0063 0.0818) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.7611 0.0820 85.6) |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.42374 0.43951 0.22775) |
| CIE xyY | xyY(0.3884 0.4029 0.4395) |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.7708 0.6862 0.4841) |
| Linear sRGB | color(srgb-linear 0.58408 0.42327 0.17465) |
| CSS name | — |
Text on #C9AE74
White textWCAG 2.14:1 · APCA Lc 47
Black textWCAG 9.79:1 · APCA Lc 62
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