#CEC8A9#CEC8A9

#CEC8A9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.042 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8A9
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 169)
HSL	hsl(50, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 18%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 18%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -3.04, 16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 16.56, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.006 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.042 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2689, 57.2957, 45.7814)
Luminance	0.5729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8A9 #A9AFCE

analogous

#CEB5A9 #CEC8A9 #C1CEA9

triadic

#CEC8A9 #A9CEC8 #C8A9CE

tetradic

#CEC8A9 #A9CEB5 #A9AFCE #CEA9C1

square

#CEC8A9 #A9CEB5 #A9AFCE #CEA9C1

split-complementary

#CEC8A9 #A9C1CE #B5A9CE

monochromatic

#A1965C #B8AF82 #CEC8A9 #E4E1D0 #F4F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#CEC8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8A9

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8A9	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.042 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c2',
    500: '#cec8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8a9;
$custom-light: #ddd8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 27.407,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8295,
    "c": 0.04233,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8A9

secondary

#787FA3

accent

#50A63F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8A9

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

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