#CEC8AA#CEC8AA

#CEC8AA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.041 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC8AA
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 170)
HSL	hsl(50, 27%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(50, 17%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 17.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -2.89, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 16.04, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.0056 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.041 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.3632, 57.3334, 46.2777)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC8AA #AAB0CE

analogous

#CEB6AA #CEC8AA #C2CEAA

triadic

#CEC8AA #AACEC8 #C8AACE

tetradic

#CEC8AA #AACEB6 #AAB0CE #CEAAC2

square

#CEC8AA #AACEB6 #AAB0CE #CEAAC2

split-complementary

#CEC8AA #AAC2CE #B6AACE

monochromatic

#A1965D #B8AF83 #CEC8AA #E4E1D1 #F4F2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CEC8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CEC8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC8AA

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC8AA	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.041 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8c3',
    500: '#cec8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec8aa;
$custom-light: #ddd8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 26.866,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82974,
    "c": 0.04103,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC8AA

secondary

#7980A3

accent

#51A540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151412

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC8AA

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

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