#CEC6A4#CEC6A4

#CEC6A4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.047 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC6A4
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 164)
HSL	hsl(49, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 20.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -2.75, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 18.28, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0051 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.047 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3483, 56.1912, 43.2031)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC6A4 #A4ACCE

analogous

#CEB1A4 #CEC6A4 #C1CEA4

triadic

#CEC6A4 #A4CEC6 #C6A4CE

tetradic

#CEC6A4 #A4CEB1 #A4ACCE #CEA4C1

square

#CEC6A4 #A4CEB1 #A4ACCE #CEA4C1

split-complementary

#CEC6A4 #A4C1CE #B1A4CE

monochromatic

#A19357 #B9AD7C #CEC6A4 #E3DFCC #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CEC6A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CEC6A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC6A4

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC6A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC6A4	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC4A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec6a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.047 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7bf',
    500: '#cec6a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec6a4;
$custom-light: #ddd7bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec6a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82425,
    "c": 0.04661,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC6A4

secondary

#737CA3

accent

#51A93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC6A4

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

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