#CEC8A1#CEC8A1

#CEC8A1 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.053 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A1
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 161)
HSL	hsl(52, 31%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 22%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 21.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -4.23, 20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 20.74, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0093 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.053 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5408, 57.0044, 41.9464)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A1 #A1A7CE

analogous

#CEB2A1 #CEC8A1 #BECEA1

triadic

#CEC8A1 #A1CEC8 #C8A1CE

tetradic

#CEC8A1 #A1CEB2 #A1A7CE #CEA1BE

square

#CEC8A1 #A1CEB2 #A1A7CE #CEA1BE

split-complementary

#CEC8A1 #A1BECE #B2A1CE

monochromatic

#A19754 #B9B079 #CEC8A1 #E3E0C9 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#CEC8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A1

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A1	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)

#D0C59F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.053 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8bd',
    500: '#cec8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a1;
$custom-light: #ddd8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 31.469,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82767,
    "c": 0.05264,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A1

secondary

#7077A3

accent

#4AAA3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A1

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

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