#CEC8A6#CEC8A6

#CEC8A6 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.046 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A6
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 166)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 19.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -3.49, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 18.13, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0072 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.046 99)
XYZ	xyz(52.9905, 57.1843, 44.3152)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A6 #A6ACCE

analogous

#CEB4A6 #CEC8A6 #C0CEA6

triadic

#CEC8A6 #A6CEC8 #C8A6CE

tetradic

#CEC8A6 #A6CEB4 #A6ACCE #CEA6C0

square

#CEC8A6 #A6CEB4 #A6ACCE #CEA6C0

split-complementary

#CEC8A6 #A6C0CE #B4A6CE

monochromatic

#A19659 #B8B07F #CEC8A6 #E4E0CD #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CEC8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A6

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A6	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.046 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c0',
    500: '#cec8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a6;
$custom-light: #ddd8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 28.986,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8288,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.57184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A6

secondary

#757CA3

accent

#4EA83E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A6

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

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