#CEC8A4#CEC8A4

#CEC8A4 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.049 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A4
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 164)
HSL	hsl(51, 30%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -3.79, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 19.17, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0081 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.049 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8085, 57.1115, 43.3565)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A4 #A4AACE

analogous

#CEB3A4 #CEC8A4 #BFCEA4

triadic

#CEC8A4 #A4CEC8 #C8A4CE

tetradic

#CEC8A4 #A4CEB3 #A4AACE #CEA4BF

square

#CEC8A4 #A4CEB3 #A4AACE #CEA4BF

split-complementary

#CEC8A4 #A4BFCE #B3A4CE

monochromatic

#A19657 #B9B07C #CEC8A4 #E3E0CC #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#CEC8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A4

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A4	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)

#CFC6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.049 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8bf',
    500: '#cec8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a4;
$custom-light: #ddd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 30,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82835,
    "c": 0.04879,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A4

secondary

#737AA3

accent

#4CA93D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A4

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

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