#CEC8A5#CEC8A5

#CEC8A5 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.048 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A5
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 165)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 19.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -3.64, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 18.65, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0076 0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.048 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.8992, 57.1478, 43.8339)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A5 #A5ABCE

analogous

#CEB4A5 #CEC8A5 #BFCEA5

triadic

#CEC8A5 #A5CEC8 #C8A5CE

tetradic

#CEC8A5 #A5CEB4 #A5ABCE #CEA5BF

square

#CEC8A5 #A5CEB4 #A5ABCE #CEA5BF

split-complementary

#CEC8A5 #A5BFCE #B4A5CE

monochromatic

#A19658 #B8B07D #CEC8A5 #E4E0CD #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#CEC8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A5

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A5	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.048 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8bf',
    500: '#cec8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a5;
$custom-light: #ddd8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 29.496,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82857,
    "c": 0.0475,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A5

secondary

#747BA3

accent

#4DA83D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A5

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

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