#CEC7AD#CEC7AD

#CEC7AD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.036 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC7AD
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 173)
HSL	hsl(47, 25%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 16%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 16%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -1.91, 13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 14.03, 97.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0029 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.036 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4194, 56.9865, 47.7124)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC7AD #ADB4CE

analogous

#CEB7AD #CEC7AD #C5CEAD

triadic

#CEC7AD #ADCEC7 #C7ADCE

tetradic

#CEC7AD #ADCEB7 #ADB4CE #CEADC5

square

#CEC7AD #ADCEB7 #ADB4CE #CEADC5

split-complementary

#CEC7AD #ADC5CE #B7ADCE

monochromatic

#A09360 #B7AD87 #CEC7AD #E5E1D3 #F4F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CEC7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC7AD

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC7AD	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.036 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c5',
    500: '#cec7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec7ad;
$custom-light: #ddd8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 25.191,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82842,
    "c": 0.03607,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC7AD

secondary

#7C84A3

accent

#57A442

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC7AD

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

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