#CEC8A3#CEC8A3

#CEC8A3 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.050 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A3
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 163)
HSL	hsl(52, 30%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -3.94, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 19.70, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.0085 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.05 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7185, 57.0755, 42.8827)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A3 #A3A9CE

analogous

#CEB3A3 #CEC8A3 #BECEA3

triadic

#CEC8A3 #A3CEC8 #C8A3CE

tetradic

#CEC8A3 #A3CEB3 #A3A9CE #CEA3BE

square

#CEC8A3 #A3CEB3 #A3A9CE #CEA3BE

split-complementary

#CEC8A3 #A3BECE #B3A3CE

monochromatic

#A19656 #B9B07B #CEC8A3 #E3E0CB #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CEC8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A3

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A3	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC5A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.050 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8be',
    500: '#cec8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a3;
$custom-light: #ddd8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 30.496,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82812,
    "c": 0.05007,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A3

secondary

#7279A3

accent

#4BA93C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A3

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

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