#CEC8A8#CEC8A8

#CEC8A8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.044 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A8
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 168)
HSL	hsl(51, 28%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 18.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.32, -3.20, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.32, 17.09, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0064 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.044 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.1754, 57.2583, 45.2889)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A8 #A8AECE

analogous

#CEB5A8 #CEC8A8 #C1CEA8

triadic

#CEC8A8 #A8CEC8 #C8A8CE

tetradic

#CEC8A8 #A8CEB5 #A8AECE #CEA8C1

square

#CEC8A8 #A8CEB5 #A8AECE #CEA8C1

split-complementary

#CEC8A8 #A8C1CE #B5A8CE

monochromatic

#A1965B #B8AF81 #CEC8A8 #E4E1CF #F4F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#CEC8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A8

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A8	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C8A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.044 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c2',
    500: '#cec8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a8;
$custom-light: #ddd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 27.941,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82927,
    "c": 0.04362,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A8

secondary

#777EA3

accent

#4FA73F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A8

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

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