#CEC8A0#CEC8A0

#CEC8A0 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.054 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A0
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 160)
HSL	hsl(52, 32%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 22.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -4.37, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 21.26, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.75% -0.0097 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(82.75% 0.054 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4529, 56.9693, 41.4839)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A0 #A0A6CE

analogous

#CEB1A0 #CEC8A0 #BDCEA0

triadic

#CEC8A0 #A0CEC8 #C8A0CE

tetradic

#CEC8A0 #A0CEB1 #A0A6CE #CEA0BD

square

#CEC8A0 #A0CEB1 #A0A6CE #CEA0BD

split-complementary

#CEC8A0 #A0BDCE #B1A0CE

monochromatic

#A19753 #B9B178 #CEC8A0 #E3DFC8 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CEC8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A0

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A0	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.054 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8bc',
    500: '#cec8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a0;
$custom-light: #ddd8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 31.944,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82745,
    "c": 0.05392,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A0

secondary

#6F76A3

accent

#49AB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A0

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

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