#CEC5A4#CEC5A4

#CEC5A4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.046 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC5A4
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 164)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 20.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -2.22, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 17.85, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0036 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.046 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1205, 55.7356, 43.1271)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC5A4 #A4ADCE

analogous

#CEB0A4 #CEC5A4 #C2CEA4

triadic

#CEC5A4 #A4CEC5 #C5A4CE

tetradic

#CEC5A4 #A4CEB0 #A4ADCE #CEA4C2

square

#CEC5A4 #A4CEB0 #A4ADCE #CEA4C2

split-complementary

#CEC5A4 #A4C2CE #B0A4CE

monochromatic

#A19157 #B9AC7C #CEC5A4 #E3DECC #F4F2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CEC5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC5A4

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC5A4	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC6A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.046 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6bf',
    500: '#cec5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec5a4;
$custom-light: #ddd6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8222,
    "c": 0.04558,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC5A4

secondary

#737DA3

accent

#54A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC5A4

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

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