#CEC6AE#CEC6AE

#CEC6AE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.034 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC6AE
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 174)
HSL	hsl(45, 25%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(45, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 15.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -1.23, 13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 13.09, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.001 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.034 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.2871, 56.5667, 48.1475)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC6AE #AEB6CE

analogous

#CEB6AE #CEC6AE #C6CEAE

triadic

#CEC6AE #AECEC6 #C6AECE

tetradic

#CEC6AE #AECEB6 #AEB6CE #CEAEC6

square

#CEC6AE #AECEB6 #AEB6CE #CEAEC6

split-complementary

#CEC6AE #AEC6CE #B6AECE

monochromatic

#A09062 #B7AB88 #CEC6AE #E5E1D4 #F3F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CEC6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#CEC6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC6AE

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC6AE	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC5AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.034 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7c6',
    500: '#cec6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec6ae;
$custom-light: #ddd7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 24.615,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82662,
    "c": 0.03379,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC6AE

secondary

#7D87A3

accent

#5BA342

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC6AE

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

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